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Journal of Plant Ecology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1752-9921Verify ISSN ↗1752-993XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 83 / 736 | 88th | Q1 |
| Ecology | 73 / 491 | 85th | Q1 |
| Plant Science | 84 / 541 | 84th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.3.
Journal of Plant Ecology is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 83 of 736), Q1 in Ecology (rank 73 of 491) and Q1 in Plant Science (rank 84 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Plant Ecology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.263, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 61.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,190 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Plant Ecology is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 1752-9921 and its online ISSN is 1752-993X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Plant Ecology has an h-index of 72 and a 2-year mean of 2.48 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #152 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Journal of Plant Ecology published 230 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (80%), United States (4.5%) and Germany (2.7%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (1.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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