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Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), WoS ESCI. Published by Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
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ISSN 0128-7680Verify ISSN ↗2231-8526Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 104 / 235 | 55th | Q2 |
| Environmental Science (all) | 159 / 249 | 36th | Q3 |
| Chemical Engineering (all) | 173 / 270 | 36th | Q3 |
| Computer Science (all) | 162 / 241 | 32nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology is Q2 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 104 of 235), Q3 in Environmental Science (all) (rank 159 of 249) and Q3 in Chemical Engineering (all) (rank 173 of 270), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology 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, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 55th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.238, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 32.
Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology is published by Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. Its print ISSN is 0128-7680 and its online ISSN is 2231-8526.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 1.03 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #104 of 224 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all).
Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology published 171 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 214. 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.
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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