Journal profile · Social Sciences-Urban Studies
Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
ISSN 2508-7673 · eISSN 2508-7681 · The Society of People, Plants, and Environment
Journal of People, Plants, and Environment: fully open access; median 56 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 64 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of People, Plants, and Environment is published by The Society of People, Plants, and Environment. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Green Space and Health, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability and Occupational Therapy Practice and Research, together about 30% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Urban Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Green Space and HealthEnvironmental Science12.3%
- Urban Agriculture and SustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.2%
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions8.5%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.4%
- Diverse Educational Innovations StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Art Therapy and Mental HealthArts and Humanities5.3%
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | Q3 | 175/295 | 40th |
| Health (social science) | Q3 | 280/387 | 27th |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | Q3 | 172/231 | 25th |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 239/307 | 22nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.57OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,522 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 65 | 274 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 395 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | 320 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 294 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 216 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 163 |
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
56 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 36 days – 93 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 97 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (146 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".
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- The Society of People, Plants, and Environment
- ISSN
- 2508-7673
- Electronic ISSN
- 2508-7681
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
How long does peer review take at Journal of People, Plants, and Environment?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 56 days (interquartile range 36–93 days). 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 Journal of People, Plants, and Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of People, Plants, and Environment is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of People, Plants, and Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of People, Plants, and Environment is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .