Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Horticulture
Plant Health Progress
ISSN 1535-1025 · Plant Management Network
Plant Health Progress: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 252 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Plant Health Progress is published by Plant Management Network and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Pathogens and Resistance and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, together about 38.6% 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-Horticulture
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18.2%
- Plant Pathogens and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
- Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.6%
- Plant Disease Management TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Fungal Plant Pathogen ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Powdery Mildew Fungal DiseasesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 471OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 123LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,794 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 153 | 1 | 12 |
| 2025 | 252 | 11 | 117 |
| 2024 | 84 | 41 | 167 |
| 2023 | 85 | 54 | 327 |
| 2022 | 80 | 7 | 434 |
| 2021 | 120 | 27 | 1,155 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Plant Management Network
- ISSN
- 1535-1025
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Plant Health Progress
What CAS zone is Plant Health Progress in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Plant Health Progress is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Plant Health Progress?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Plant Health Progress is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Plant Health Progress open access, and what is the APC?
Plant Health Progress is a hybrid 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: .