Journal Description:

Plant Methods is an open access, peer-reviewed journal for the plant research community, covering all aspects of technological innovation in Botany. Technical innovation is the most important catalyst for any scientific discipline's progress, and this journal aims to encourage the development and adoption of new and improved technologies and research tools to better integrate data from different laboratories. 

The journal's ISSN: 1746-4811

Database Included: SCIE

Journal profile

Journal Quartile:

CAS Quartile: Q2

Major Category: Biology Subcategory: Biochemical Research Methods, Botany

JCR Quartile: Q1

Biochemical Research Methods (12/79)Botany (24/239)

Impact Factor: Plant Methods, founded in 2005, gained its first impact factor 3+ in 2009. Although there have been some ups and downs in recent years, the overall trend of the observation chart is going up. The IF value in 2021-2022 is 5.8+, which is a temporary historical high. The journal has now been abstracted and indexed in 17 international databases. 

Publication Volume:

The publication volume of Plant Methods is irregular, and the overall number of accepted articles is relatively small, with a small fluctuation every year. The publication volume in 2021-2022 is 130 (self-citation rate 3.2%), and the self-citation rate has decreased along with the increase in publication volume in the past two years, while the quality of articles has been maintained.

Recent acceptance

The review period for Plant Methods is approximately 1-2 months, and the submission to acceptance period is approximately 2-5 months. The following are articles recently posted on our official website. The articles were accepted within about two months, and the publication time was also quite fast. The submission process to our partner journals has been greatly shortened! Those who are interested can contact @AiScholar for more information. 

Accepted Article 1

Submitted on April 19, 2023, accepted on June 20 and published on June 24, 2023, the article's submission to acceptance period took two months and one day, and the publication period four days. 

Accepted Article 2

Submitted on April 4, 2023, accepted on May 3 and published on June 17, 2023, the article's submission to acceptance period took 29 days, and the publication period one month and fourteen days.