Journal profile · Developmental Biology
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant
ISSN 1054-5476 · eISSN 1475-2689 · Springer US · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1965
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant: CAS Zone 3 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.17; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,590; median 100 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 124 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant is published by Springer US and is in Zone 3 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Seed Germination and Physiology and Transgenic Plants and Applications, together about 48.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology — Plant publishes peer-reviewed original research and reviews concerned with the latest developments and state-of-the-art research in plant cell and tissue culture and biotechnology from around the globe. Four issues cover cellular, molecular and developmental biology research using in vitro grown or maintained organs, tissues or cells derived from plants. Two special issues for the International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) deal with plant tissue culture, and molecular and cellular aspects of plant biotechnology. The IAPB and the Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) maintain completely separate and independent International Editorial Review boards for their issues.Topics covered include: Biotechnology/genetic transformation Developmental biology/ morphogenesis Micropropagation Functional genomics Molecular farming Medicinal PlantsMetabolic engineering Plant physiology Cell biology Somatic cell genetics Secondary metabolism
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Developmental Biology
Editor-in-chief David D. SongstadPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 30, Canada 6, Ireland 3, Japan 2, France 2 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.1%
- Seed Germination and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Transgenic Plants and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.7%
- Plant Genetic and Mutation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Plant Molecular Biology ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Plant Reproductive BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
- Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | 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 AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 2.17LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,468OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 122LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 291,900Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,434 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 19 | 21 |
| 2025 | 124 | 15 | 213 |
| 2024 | 77 | 15 | 319 |
| 2023 | 76 | 17 | 558 |
| 2022 | 83 | 9 | 745 |
| 2021 | 108 | 21 | 1,629 |
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
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 67 days – 167 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 58 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 177 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (234 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher 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 2,590 / EUR 3,990 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websitePolicy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page.
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 US
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1965
- ISSN
- 1054-5476
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-2689
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 62, Issue 3 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant
What CAS zone is In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant is in Zone 3 of Biology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Developmental Biology / Plant Sciences / Cell Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.17; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 136.
How long does peer review take at In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 67–167 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 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.
Where are the editorial board members of In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (30), Canada (6) and Ireland (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant open access, and what is the APC?
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,590.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .