Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries
ISSN 0975-4261 · eISSN 0975-6892 · IOS Press
Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries: subscription journal; 83 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries is published by IOS Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, together about 42% 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-Plant Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences24.6%
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.9%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Phytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsMedicine5.7%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine3.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Discovery | Q4 | 145/161 | 10th |
| Plant Science | Q4 | 497/541 | 8th |
| Organic Chemistry | Q4 | 202/215 | 6th |
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,048 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 0 | 156 |
| 2025 | 83 | 16 | 255 |
| 2024 | 80 | 20 | 293 |
| 2023 | 82 | 50 | 296 |
| 2022 | 76 | 1 | 202 |
| 2021 | 79 | 1 | 246 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- IOS Press
- ISSN
- 0975-4261
- Electronic ISSN
- 0975-6892
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries
Which databases index Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries is indexed in Scopus.
Is Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries open access, and what is the APC?
Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries is a subscription 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: .