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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #5,320CAS 2区Hybrid

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Abbreviation (ISO):J. PLANT GROWTH REGUL
Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 0.949•SCImago Rank: #5,320•Identifier (ISSN):0721-7595(Print)/1435-8107(Online)•Articles / Year: 261•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,272 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
4.2
↓ -0.2

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
70

70 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation Rate2.6%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
261articles/year
10.34% Gold OA•95.99% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20262.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.2)
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20252.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.4)
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20242.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.9)
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20232.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.8)
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20222.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.64)
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20212.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.169)
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20202.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.672)
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20192.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.179)
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20182.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.047)
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Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Plant Growth Regulation is an international publication featuring original articles on all aspects of plant growth and development. We welcome manuscripts reporting question-based research on various aspects of plant growth and development using hormonal, physiological, environmental, genetic, biophysical, developmental and/or molecular approaches. The journal also publishes timely reviews on highly relevant areas and/or studies in plant growth and development, including interdisciplinary work with an emphasis on plant growth, plant hormones and plant pathology or abiotic stress. In addition, the journal features occasional thematic issues with special guest editors, as well as brief communications describing novel techniques and meeting reports. The journal is unlikely to accept manuscripts that are purely descriptive in nature or reports work with simple tissue culture without attempting to investigate the underlying mechanisms of plant growth regulation, those that focus exclusively on microbial communities, or deal with the (elicitation by plant hormones of) synthesis of secondary metabolites.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology99.7%Botany94.3%Chemistry92.4%Biochemistry81.6%Genetics74%Horticulture69.9%Plant physiology69.4%Agronomy56.4%Gene55.8%Organic chemistry54.1%Ecology40.9%Physics39.8%Medicine39.1%Internal medicine27.9%Geology25.4%Nuclear magnetic resonance24.3%Enzyme23.7%Endocrinology21.5%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #5,320Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1982-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.949

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
120

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
5.57

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,272 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations6,028
3-Year Documents1,069
Citable Documents1,067

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate40.3%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1
Plant ScienceQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Biology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区PLANT SCIENCES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Springer US
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Quarterly
Founding Year
1982
Editorial Address
SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, USA, NY, 10013
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
PLANT SCIENCES
JCRSCIE
59/285Q1
PLANT SCIENCES
JCISCIE
45/285Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—415164
20254.43991,049
20243.94023,545
20234.83014,012
20224.643537,892
20214.1692636,906
20202.6722108,111
20192.1791566,216
20182.0471236,118
2017—1264,416
2016—853,388
2015—924,404
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

WoS Q1
1346201820192020202120222023202420254.40
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:4.4

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 2.6%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01