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Rostaniha is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.8), DOAJ. Published by Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection.
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ISSN 1608-4306Verify ISSN ↗2423-6608Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology | 422 / 491 | 14th | Q4 |
| Plant Science | 474 / 541 | 12th | Q4 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 650 / 736 | 11th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.8.
Rostaniha is Q4 in Ecology (rank 422 of 491), Q4 in Plant Science (rank 474 of 541) and Q4 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 650 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Rostaniha is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4, 14th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.198, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 5.
Rostaniha is published by Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection. Its print ISSN is 1608-4306 and its online ISSN is 2423-6608.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Rostaniha has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #426 of 469 Scopus journals in Ecology.
Rostaniha published 4 papers in 2018; its busiest recent year was 2009 with 20. 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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