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Vegetation Classification and Survey is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Pensoft Publishers.
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ISSN 2683-0671Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 153 / 736 | 79th | Q1 |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | 56 / 253 | 78th | Q1 |
| Plant Science | 133 / 541 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.7.
Vegetation Classification and Survey is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 153 of 736), Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 56 of 253) and Q1 in Plant Science (rank 133 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
Vegetation Classification and Survey 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 4.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.916, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 13.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$808 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.
Vegetation Classification and Survey is published by Pensoft Publishers. Its ISSN is 2683-0671.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Vegetation Classification and Survey has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 2.68 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #132 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Vegetation Classification and Survey published 21 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 26. 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 94 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Germany (10.5%), Spain (10.2%) and Italy (8.6%).
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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