Journal of Plant Physiology

The Journal of Plant Physiology is a broad-spectrum journal that welcomes high-quality submissions in all major areas of plant physiology, including plant biochemistry, functional biotechnology, computational and synthetic plant biology, growth and development, photosynthesis and respiration, transport and translocation, plant-microbe interactions, biotic and abiotic stress. Studies are welcome at all levels of integration ranging from molecules and cells to organisms and their environments and are expected to use state-of-the-art methodologies. Pure gene expression studies are not within the focus of our journal. To be considered for publication, papers must significantly contribute to the mechanistic understanding of physiological processes, and not be merely descriptive, or confirmatory of previous results. We encourage the submission of papers that explore the physiology of non-model as well as accepted model species and those that bridge basic and applied research. For instance, studies on agricultural plants that show new physiological mechanisms to improve agricultural efficiency are welcome. Studies performed under uncontrolled situations (e.g. field conditions) not providing mechanistic insight will not be considered for publication. The Journal of Plant Physiology publishes several types of articles: Original Research Articles, Reviews, Perspectives Articles, and Short Communications. Reviews and Perspectives will be solicited by the Editors; unsolicited reviews are also welcome but only from authors with a strong track record in the field of the review. Original research papers comprise the majority of published contributions.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Agronomy and Crop Science	1999	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2000	Q2
Agronomy and Crop Science	2001	Q2
Agronomy and Crop Science	2002	Q2
Agronomy and Crop Science	2003	Q2
Agronomy and Crop Science	2004	Q2
Agronomy and Crop Science	2005	Q2
Agronomy and Crop Science	2006	Q2
Agronomy and Crop Science	2007	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2008	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2009	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2010	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2011	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2012	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2013	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2014	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2015	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2016	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2017	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2018	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2019	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2020	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2021	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2022	Q1
Agronomy and Crop Science	2023	Q1
Physiology	1999	Q2
Physiology	2000	Q3
Physiology	2001	Q3
Physiology	2002	Q3
Physiology	2003	Q3
Physiology	2004	Q3
Physiology	2005	Q3
Physiology	2006	Q3
Physiology	2007	Q2
Physiology	2008	Q2
Physiology	2009	Q2
Physiology	2010	Q2
Physiology	2011	Q2
Physiology	2012	Q2
Physiology	2013	Q2
Physiology	2014	Q2
Physiology	2015	Q2
Physiology	2016	Q2
Physiology	2017	Q2
Physiology	2018	Q2
Physiology	2019	Q2
Physiology	2020	Q2
Physiology	2021	Q2
Physiology	2022	Q2
Physiology	2023	Q2
Plant Science	1999	Q2
Plant Science	2000	Q2
Plant Science	2001	Q2
Plant Science	2002	Q2
Plant Science	2003	Q2
Plant Science	2004	Q2
Plant Science	2005	Q2
Plant Science	2006	Q2
Plant Science	2007	Q1
Plant Science	2008	Q1
Plant Science	2009	Q1
Plant Science	2010	Q1
Plant Science	2011	Q1
Plant Science	2012	Q1
Plant Science	2013	Q1
Plant Science	2014	Q1
Plant Science	2015	Q1
Plant Science	2016	Q1
Plant Science	2017	Q1
Plant Science	2018	Q1
Plant Science	2019	Q1
Plant Science	2020	Q1
Plant Science	2021	Q1
Plant Science	2022	Q1
Plant Science	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.800
2000	0.565
2001	0.544
2002	0.491
2003	0.596
2004	0.555
2005	0.563
2006	0.702
2007	1.018
2008	0.990
2009	1.107
2010	1.121
2011	1.090
2012	1.184
2013	1.109
2014	1.149
2015	1.227
2016	1.244
2017	1.178
2018	1.096
2019	1.037
2020	1.032
2021	0.852
2022	0.879
2023	0.947

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	240
2000	219
2001	196
2002	170
2003	182
2004	155
2005	155
2006	139
2007	184
2008	195
2009	208
2010	222
2011	282
2012	233
2013	196
2014	226
2015	231
2016	209
2017	201
2018	207
2019	159
2020	146
2021	160
2022	183
2023	179

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	1.378
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.171
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.147
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.148
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.246
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.095
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.475
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.695
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	2.357
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.657
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.957
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	3.113
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	3.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	3.419
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	3.392
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	3.469
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	3.619
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	3.665
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	3.377
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	3.702
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.862
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.910
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	4.417
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	4.784
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	4.489
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.378
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.051
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.162
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.079
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.222
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.450
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.760
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	2.454
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.651
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.896
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.973
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.170
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	3.400
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	3.239
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	3.308
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	3.481
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	3.545
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	3.413
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	3.540
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	3.476
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.702
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	4.342
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	4.411
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	4.427
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.159
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.031
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.035
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.005
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.161
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.031
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.499
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.639
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	2.408
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	2.591
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.665
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.891
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.960
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	3.135
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	3.062
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.967
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	3.365
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	3.591
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.180
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	3.098
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	3.230
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.541
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	3.767
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	4.239
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	4.449

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	122
Self Cites	2000	81
Self Cites	2001	50
Self Cites	2002	55
Self Cites	2003	37
Self Cites	2004	53
Self Cites	2005	50
Self Cites	2006	40
Self Cites	2007	48
Self Cites	2008	66
Self Cites	2009	68
Self Cites	2010	88
Self Cites	2011	110
Self Cites	2012	129
Self Cites	2013	92
Self Cites	2014	97
Self Cites	2015	133
Self Cites	2016	96
Self Cites	2017	82
Self Cites	2018	66
Self Cites	2019	48
Self Cites	2020	35
Self Cites	2021	37
Self Cites	2022	43
Self Cites	2023	44
Total Cites	1999	996
Total Cites	2000	722
Total Cites	2001	783
Total Cites	2002	707
Total Cites	2003	715
Total Cites	2004	609
Total Cites	2005	735
Total Cites	2006	866
Total Cites	2007	1102
Total Cites	2008	1267
Total Cites	2009	1500
Total Cites	2010	1745
Total Cites	2011	1981
Total Cites	2012	2421
Total Cites	2013	2387
Total Cites	2014	2352
Total Cites	2015	2280
Total Cites	2016	2315
Total Cites	2017	2273
Total Cites	2018	2269
Total Cites	2019	2145
Total Cites	2020	2099
Total Cites	2021	2223
Total Cites	2022	2051
Total Cites	2023	2165

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	1.209
External Cites per document	2000	0.933
External Cites per document	2001	1.088
External Cites per document	2002	0.995
External Cites per document	2003	1.159
External Cites per document	2004	1.015
External Cites per document	2005	1.351
External Cites per document	2006	1.679
External Cites per document	2007	2.347
External Cites per document	2008	2.513
External Cites per document	2009	2.764
External Cites per document	2010	2.823
External Cites per document	2011	2.994
External Cites per document	2012	3.219
External Cites per document	2013	3.114
External Cites per document	2014	3.172
External Cites per document	2015	3.278
External Cites per document	2016	3.398
External Cites per document	2017	3.290
External Cites per document	2018	3.437
External Cites per document	2019	3.399
External Cites per document	2020	3.640
External Cites per document	2021	4.270
External Cites per document	2022	4.318
External Cites per document	2023	4.337
Cites per document	1999	1.378
Cites per document	2000	1.051
Cites per document	2001	1.162
Cites per document	2002	1.079
Cites per document	2003	1.222
Cites per document	2004	1.111
Cites per document	2005	1.450
Cites per document	2006	1.760
Cites per document	2007	2.454
Cites per document	2008	2.651
Cites per document	2009	2.896
Cites per document	2010	2.973
Cites per document	2011	3.170
Cites per document	2012	3.400
Cites per document	2013	3.239
Cites per document	2014	3.308
Cites per document	2015	3.481
Cites per document	2016	3.545
Cites per document	2017	3.413
Cites per document	2018	3.540
Cites per document	2019	3.476
Cites per document	2020	3.702
Cites per document	2021	4.342
Cites per document	2022	4.411
Cites per document	2023	4.427

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	21.25
2000	24.20
2001	23.47
2002	21.18
2003	23.63
2004	18.71
2005	29.03
2006	17.27
2007	18.48
2008	18.46
2009	25.96
2010	22.52
2011	27.30
2012	28.76
2013	27.04
2014	29.20
2015	27.71
2016	34.45
2017	29.35
2018	26.57
2019	31.45
2020	32.19
2021	33.13
2022	24.04
2023	19.55

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	2
Non-citable documents	2002	2
Non-citable documents	2003	2
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	3
Non-citable documents	2012	4
Non-citable documents	2013	4
Non-citable documents	2014	4
Non-citable documents	2015	4
Non-citable documents	2016	4
Non-citable documents	2017	6
Non-citable documents	2018	5
Non-citable documents	2019	4
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	13
Non-citable documents	2023	24
Citable documents	1999	723
Citable documents	2000	687
Citable documents	2001	672
Citable documents	2002	653
Citable documents	2003	583
Citable documents	2004	548
Citable documents	2005	507
Citable documents	2006	492
Citable documents	2007	448
Citable documents	2008	477
Citable documents	2009	516
Citable documents	2010	584
Citable documents	2011	622
Citable documents	2012	708
Citable documents	2013	733
Citable documents	2014	707
Citable documents	2015	651
Citable documents	2016	649
Citable documents	2017	660
Citable documents	2018	636
Citable documents	2019	613
Citable documents	2020	565
Citable documents	2021	509
Citable documents	2022	452
Citable documents	2023	465

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	300
Uncited documents	2000	316
Uncited documents	2001	290
Uncited documents	2002	300
Uncited documents	2003	231
Uncited documents	2004	225
Uncited documents	2005	192
Uncited documents	2006	152
Uncited documents	2007	106
Uncited documents	2008	98
Uncited documents	2009	107
Uncited documents	2010	113
Uncited documents	2011	91
Uncited documents	2012	84
Uncited documents	2013	122
Uncited documents	2014	93
Uncited documents	2015	74
Uncited documents	2016	83
Uncited documents	2017	108
Uncited documents	2018	92
Uncited documents	2019	76
Uncited documents	2020	64
Uncited documents	2021	55
Uncited documents	2022	56
Uncited documents	2023	59
Cited documents	1999	423
Cited documents	2000	371
Cited documents	2001	384
Cited documents	2002	355
Cited documents	2003	354
Cited documents	2004	323
Cited documents	2005	315
Cited documents	2006	340
Cited documents	2007	343
Cited documents	2008	380
Cited documents	2009	411
Cited documents	2010	474
Cited documents	2011	534
Cited documents	2012	628
Cited documents	2013	615
Cited documents	2014	618
Cited documents	2015	581
Cited documents	2016	570
Cited documents	2017	558
Cited documents	2018	549
Cited documents	2019	541
Cited documents	2020	503
Cited documents	2021	457
Cited documents	2022	409
Cited documents	2023	430