Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Plant Diversity
ISSN 2096-2703 · eISSN 2468-2659 · KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd. · PEOPLES R CHINA
Plant Diversity: CAS Zone 1 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.78; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 123 days to acceptance (112 articles, last 24 months); 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Plant Diversity is published by KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd. and is in Zone 1 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Plant and animal studies, together about 35.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Plant Diversity (formerly Plant Diversity and Resources) is an international plant science journal that publishes substantial original research and...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Editor-in-chief Jianqiang WuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 168 in mainland China (about 88%); most named Mainland China 168, United States 8, Germany 2, Israel 2, Czechia 2 (192 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.3%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Forest, Soil, and Plant Ecology in ChinaSocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 5.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 10.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 469OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 85LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,748 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 112 | 112 | 27 |
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | 481 |
| 2024 | 81 | 81 | 854 |
| 2023 | 73 | 73 | 909 |
| 2022 | 61 | 61 | 2,253 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | 1,498 |
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 PubMed · to
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 152 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (112 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 128 days
- Sample
- 112 articles with submission and acceptance dates (201 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)
- about 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,200 / RMB 15,000 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,200 / CNY 15,000 / USD 1,600 / CNY 11,000 / USD 1,000 / CNY 7,000 / USD 1,200 / CNY 8,500 / USD 900 / CNY 6,500 / USD 500 / CNY 3,500 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted7
- book reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: original articles, review articles, data paper, short communications, co…Length not stated
- correspondenceContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: original articles, review articles, data paper, short communications, co…Length not stated
- data paperContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: original articles, review articles, data paper, short communications, co…Length not stated
- editorialContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: original articles, review articles, data paper, short communications, co…Length not stated
- original articleContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: original articles, review articles, data paper, short communications, co…Length not stated
- review articleContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: original articles, review articles, data paper, short communications, co…Length not stated
- short communicationContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: original articles, review articles, data paper, short communications, co…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors are encouraged to declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance refers only to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process: Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and language o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions// CRediT authorship contribution statement
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data sharing and archiving
Authors are required to ensure that data and materials integral to the papers are available to readers in a form allowing verification and replication of the results. When feasible, data should be included as a part of the article or as supporting information; when not possible, Plant Diversity requires authors to follow the instructions below. 1. The data should be archived in the data storage co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'. Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement. This journal is a pe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. Manuscripts submitted after December 31, 2025 will require a one-time article processing charge (APC) upon formal manuscript acceptance. Manuscripts …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor'…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd.
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2096-2703
- Electronic ISSN
- 2468-2659
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Plant Diversity
What CAS zone is Plant Diversity in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Plant Diversity is in Zone 1 of Biology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Plant Sciences; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Plant Diversity?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.78; CiteScore 10.3, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Plant Diversity?
Based on the dates recorded on 112 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 94–152 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Plant Diversity?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Plant Diversity based?
Of the 192 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 168 (about 88%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (168), United States (8) and Germany (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Plant Diversity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Plant Diversity is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Plant Diversity open access, and what is the APC?
Plant Diversity is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .