Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science
Journal of Plant Biotechnology
ISSN 1229-2818 · Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology
Journal of Plant Biotechnology: fully open access; median 31 days to acceptance (59 articles, last 24 months); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Plant Biotechnology is published by Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation and Plant Molecular Biology Research, together about 48.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.8%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.8%
- Plant Molecular Biology ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
- Genetically Modified Organisms ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Transgenic Plants and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.2%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
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
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomy and Crop Science | Q3 | 272/422 | 35th |
| Plant Science | Q3 | 362/541 | 33rd |
| Biotechnology | Q4 | 245/325 | 24th |
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
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 122OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.36OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,332 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 336 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 534 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 515 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 459 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 447 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 410 |
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
31 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 17 days – 41 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (59 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 47 days
- Sample
- 59 articles with submission and acceptance dates (67 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
- Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology
- ISSN
- 1229-2818
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Plant Biotechnology
How long does peer review take at Journal of Plant Biotechnology?
Based on the dates recorded on 59 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 31 days (interquartile range 17–41 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 Plant Biotechnology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Plant Biotechnology is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Plant Biotechnology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Plant Biotechnology 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .