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Journal of Plant Protection Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Plant Protection.
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ISSN 1427-4345Verify ISSN ↗1899-007XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Plant Protection
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Science | 266 / 541 | 50th | Q2 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 213 / 422 | 49th | Q3 |
| Soil Science | 88 / 167 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
Journal of Plant Protection Research is Q2 in Plant Science (rank 266 of 541), Q3 in Agronomy and Crop Science (rank 213 of 422) and Q3 in Soil Science (rank 88 of 167), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Plant Protection Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 50th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.352, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 40.
Journal of Plant Protection Research is published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Plant Protection. Its print ISSN is 1427-4345 and its online ISSN is 1899-007X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Plant Protection Research has an h-index of 47 and a 2-year mean of 1.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #242 of 521 Scopus journals in Plant Science.
Journal of Plant Protection Research published 49 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 284. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Poland (27.9%), Egypt (9.5%) and India (7.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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