Journal profile
Clinical Phytoscience
ISSN 2199-1197 · SpringerOpen · Germany
Clinical Phytoscience: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 153 days to acceptance (53 articles, last 24 months); 28 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Phytoscience is published by SpringerOpen. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies and Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications, together about 49.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine9.8%
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.8%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and ProtectionPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.1%
- Phytochemical Studies and BioactivitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- Phytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 203OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.77OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 440 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 807 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 1,225 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 1,235 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 1,199 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 1,033 |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | 762 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
153 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 79 days – 266 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (53 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 174 days
- Sample
- 53 articles with submission and acceptance dates (56 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2199-1197
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Phytoscience
How long does peer review take at Clinical Phytoscience?
Based on the dates recorded on 53 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 153 days (interquartile range 79–266 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Clinical Phytoscience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Phytoscience is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Clinical Phytoscience open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Phytoscience is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .