International Journal of Plant Sciences

International Journal of Plant Sciences is published by University of Chicago 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 and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, together about 45.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Frequency: 6 issues/year ISSN: 1058-5893 E-ISSN: 1537-5315 2025 JCR Impact Factor*: 1.8 Ranked #152 out of 285 “Plant Sciences” journals 2025 CiteScore*: 2.8 Ranked #307 out of 736 “Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics” journals; and ranked #243 out of 541 “Plant Sciences” journals Since 1875, the International Journal of Plant Sciences (IJPS) has presented high-quality, original, peer-reviewed research from laboratories around the world and in all areas of the plant sciences. Topics covered include genetics and genomics, developmental and cell biology, biochemistry and physiology, morphology and anatomy, systematics, evolution, paleobotany, plant-microbe interactions, and ecology. IJPS welcomes research articles that describe novel results and new perspectives on topics of interest to the international community of plant scientists. The journal also features reviews and special issues in growing areas of the field. View content coverage periods and institutional full-run subscription rates for the International Journal of Plant Sciences.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences

Editor-in-chief Christina CarusoPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

1.37LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

2.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.59LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.85LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

81LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

120OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,163OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.16OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.6%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

6.43%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

44LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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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.

Publisher

University of Chicago

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1992

ISSN

1058-5893

Electronic ISSN

1537-5315

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website