Journal profile · Agronomy
Gesunde Pflanzen
ISSN 0367-4223 · eISSN 2948-2658 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · GERMANY · Quarterly · Founded 2002
Gesunde Pflanzen: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.74; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 120 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gesunde Pflanzen is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, together about 19.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Crop Health (formerly Gesunde Pflanzen) is an international, scientific journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, short reviews (mini reviews) and short/brief communications in English and German. The journal covers all applied aspects of abiotic plant stress as well as plant diseases, pests and weeds and in addition, all issues of plant protection (incl. preventive and cultural measures as well as biological, physical and chemical control) and their impact on biodiversity and the environment. We do not publish basic physiological and biochemical research without any applied aspects of crop health and, we do not publish Disease Notes containing first detection of pathogens and pests, unless it concerns the European region. Journal of Crop Health (früher Gesunde Pflanzen) ist eine internationale wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift, die originäre Forschungsarbeiten, Review Artikel und Minireviews in englischer und deutscher Sprache publiziert. Die Zeitschrift deckt alle angewandten Themen über abiotischen Pflanzenstress sowie über Pflanzenkrankheiten, Schädlinge und Unkräuter ab, darüber hinaus auch alle Bereiche des Pflanzenschutzes (inkl. vorbeugende Maßnahmen sowie biologischen, physikalischen und chemischen Pflanzenschutz) und dessen Einfluss auf die Biodiversität und die Umwelt. Wir publizieren keine Arbeiten über biochemische und physiologische Grundlagenforschung ohne einen erkennbaren Zusammenhang zu angewandten Themen der Pflanzengesundheit. Außerdem publizieren wir keine „Disease Notes“, d. h. Arbeiten zum Erstauftreten eines Pathogens oder Schädlings, es sei denn es betrifft Europa.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Editor-in-chief Christine StruckPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 9 in mainland China (about 14%); most named Germany 14, Mainland China 9, India 7, United States 5, Italy 4 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Weed Control and Herbicide ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Plant Growth Enhancement TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 297OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 193,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,243 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 116 | 23 | 993 |
| 2022 | 201 | 27 | 2,927 |
| 2021 | 63 | 12 | 862 |
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
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 92 days – 152 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (105 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 141 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (400 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,390 / EUR 2,790 / GBP 2,390 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of Crop Health, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 0367-4223
- Print ISSN
- 2948-264X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2948-2658
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gesunde Pflanzen
What CAS zone is Gesunde Pflanzen in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gesunde Pflanzen is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Gesunde Pflanzen?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.74; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Gesunde Pflanzen?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 92–152 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Gesunde Pflanzen?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Gesunde Pflanzen based?
Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 9 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (14), Mainland China (9) and India (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Gesunde Pflanzen?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gesunde Pflanzen is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Gesunde Pflanzen open access, and what is the APC?
Gesunde Pflanzen is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .