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Coverage
1973–1985
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Journal
Open access
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Plant Science Letters
Plant Science Letters is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0304-4211Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Plant Science Letters indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1973–1985).
What is the impact factor of Plant Science Letters?
Plant Science Letters has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Plant Science Letters and what is its ISSN?
Plant Science Letters is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 0304-4211.
Is Plant Science Letters in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Plant Science Letters open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Plant Science Letters for 13 years, between 1973 and 1985. Coverage ended in 1985, 41 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 2,002 works and 41,434 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1985, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 1985, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Plant Science Letters? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Plant Science Letters has an h-index of 77 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
77
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
1,181
i10-index
2,002
works indexed
41,434
total citations
Plant Science Letters published 18 papers in 1985; its busiest recent year was 1984 with 218. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Plant Science Letters? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1985. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1985
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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