Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Impact Factor 2026: 2.03

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At a glanceJournal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology is listed in SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024. We track 1 paper published in it in 2024, cited 5 times in total. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*2.03Rank 133 of 285 in Plant Sciences IndexingSCIEScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Review time184 daysMedian from submission to acceptance Retractions1On record, with the reasons and years

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01Impact factor

Impact factor of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)2.03calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#133of 285 by citedness

APC (listed)US$3,290article charge

h-index49

Papers published1,698cited 19,669 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Plant Sciencesrank 133 of 285 journals
Biochemistry & Molecular Biologyrank 256 of 339 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

Article processing charge listed at about US$3,290.

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02Review time

Review time of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Submission to acceptance184 daysmedian

Acceptance to online25 daysmedian

Papers counted193Jan 2025 to Oct 2026

How long papers in this journal took to be accepted

Fastest 10% accepted within 70 daysMiddle half of the papers: 116–262 daysMedian: 184 daysSlowest 10% took over 396 days

Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.

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Half of the research articles Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology published between Jan 2025 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 184 days of submission, and the middle half took between 116 and 262 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.

In Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology ranks 121 of 137 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology →

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Source, method and date. For each of the 193 research articles published from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026 that carry both dates, ScholarsColab counted the days from received to accepted, then took the median and the middle 50% of those values; articles with impossible dates were left out. Updated: 29 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Review times of individual papers vary with the field, the editor, the reviewers and the number of revisions, and the journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with this journal; check the journal’s website for its own figures.

03Fee waivers

APC waivers and discounts for Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

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Retractions and research integrity at Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Retractions, last 10 years11 in all years

Per 1,000 papers1.9of 527 papers in 10 years

Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):

Plagiarism of Image1

Taken from Dissertation/Thesis1

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology has 1 retracted paper on record, the latest in Aug 2024. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.

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Who funds research published in Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Articles naming a funder48%of 200 recent articles

Funders named most often

Indian Council of Agricultural Research12

National Natural Science Foundation of China6

Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India6

Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India3

DST-SERB3

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

04Indexing

Indexing of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	✓ Listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	Not listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	Not listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 0971-7811
eISSN: 0974-1275
Publisher: Springer all its journals →
Country: India
Language: English
Scopus source type: Journal
Web of Science categories: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Plant Sciences

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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05How to submit

How to submit to Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

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06What it publishes

What Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology publishes: real papers

1paper

5citations

2024years

5median citations

07Published papers

Papers published in Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.

Molecular diferentiation of the green and purple Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiforum L.) and its application in authentication of market samples20245 citations

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08Reviewer comments

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09Similar journals

Journals similar to Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:

PeerJSCIEScopusJCR 20246 similar papers
Trends in Animal and Plant SciencesNot listed in our indexing lists1 similar paper
Frontiers In PharmacologyJCR 20241 similar paper

10Same subject

Plant Sciences journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology when the 269 journals of Plant Sciences in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
129	European Journal of Phycology	2.16	SCIE	Subscription
130	Folia Geobotanica	2.07	SCIE	Subscription
131	Acta Amazonica	2.06	SCIE	Fully open access
132	Phyton	2.05	SCIE	Some open access
134	Plant Molecular Biology Reporter	2.03	SCIE	Subscription
135	Plant Biotechnology	2.01	SCIE	Some open access
136	Plant Ecology	1.98	SCIE	Subscription
137	Aquatic Botany	1.98	SCIE	Subscription

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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11Questions

Frequently asked questions

How long is the review time of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology?

Based on 193 research articles Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology published from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 184 days, and half of them were accepted between 116 and 262 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 25 days. Data updated October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology is 2.03: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.03 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology?

The h-index of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology is 49 (October 2026): 49 of its papers have each been cited at least 49 times. Its i10-index is 645.

What is the APC of Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology?

The listed article processing charge (APC) is about US$3,290 for Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.

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Is Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology an SCIE journal?

Yes. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

How many papers published in Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology does ScholarsColab track?

We track 1 paper published in Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology in 2024, cited 5 times in total, with a median of 5 citations per paper.

Does Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology offer an APC waiver?

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology follows the policy of Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Has Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology retracted papers?

Yes. 1 retracted paper are on record for Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are plagiarism of image, taken from dissertation/thesis. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

Who funds research published in Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology?

48% of 200 recent research articles in Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology name a funder; the funders named most often are Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India.