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Journal of Seed Science is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Associacao Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes.
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ISSN 2317-1537Verify ISSN ↗2317-1545Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Associacao Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 220 / 422 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.5.
Journal of Seed Science is Q3 in Agronomy and Crop Science (rank 220 of 422), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Seed Science 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 47th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.436, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 33.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$68 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 Seed Science is published by Associacao Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes. Its print ISSN is 2317-1537 and its online ISSN is 2317-1545.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Seed Science has an h-index of 31 and a 2-year mean of 1.38 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #203 of 410 Scopus journals in Agronomy and Crop Science.
Journal of Seed Science published 33 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 51. 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 96 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Brazil (86.8%), Philippines (2.1%) and China (2.1%). 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. 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.
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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