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Annual Review of Plant Biology

Annual Reviews · United States · ISSN 1543-5008, 1545-2123

ITS Journal Score87.7
Global rank#467
Rank in Agricultural and Biological Sciences#33 of 3,702
h-index293
Open access 2021–202582%

Overview

Annual Review of Plant Biology, published by Annual Reviews (United States), published 146 papers in 2021–2025, and these papers have received 14,542 citations so far. Its h-index is 293 and its two-year mean citedness is 26.43. On the ITS Journal Score it ranks #467 of 62,158 ranked journals and #33 of 3,702 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Key figures

Papers 2021–2025146
Citations 2021–202514,542
Citations per paper99.6
h-index293
i10-index636
2-year mean citedness26.43
Open-access share82%
Change in papers (2024-25 vs 2021-22)-19.7%
Citation impact trend-42.7%
Article fee (APC)Fee not recorded in our data

Citations are those received so far by the papers published in these years, so the most recent years have had less time to collect them. Two-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's measure of how often recent papers are cited; it is similar in idea to, but not the same as, an impact factor. Citation impact trend compares how often a journal's 2024-25 papers are cited with how often its 2021-22 papers were cited, each measured against all ranked journals' papers of the same years, so newer papers are not at a disadvantage. "Not enough papers" or "Not enough data" means fewer than 50 papers in one of the two-year periods (or fewer than 50 citations to the earlier papers). Values above +300% or below -90% are shown as "+300% or more" or "-90% or less": such extreme values come from very low citation counts for the earlier papers.

Papers and citations by year

YearPapersCitations so far to that year's papersOpen-access papers
2020306,91915
2021366,01924
2022303,38517
2023273,08127
2024301,34030
20252371722

What it publishes

The leading research topics of its papers (OpenAlex topic classification). Select a topic to find other journals that publish on it.

Similar journals

Ranked journals that publish on the same topics.

JournalFieldScorePapers 2021–2025Open access
The Plant CellAgricultural and Biological Sciences92.01,65796%
Molecular PlantAgricultural and Biological Sciences89.099747%
Plant ReproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.113355%
Nature PlantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences88.51,35038%
The Plant JournalAgricultural and Biological Sciences87.52,92067%
Current Opinion in Plant BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences84.961552%
Photosynthesis ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.038644%
Plant Signaling & BehaviorAgricultural and Biological Sciences79.7609100%

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Identity and sources

  • ISSN-L: 1543-5008
  • Print ISSN: 1543-5008
  • Electronic ISSN: 1545-2123
  • Publisher: Annual Reviews
  • Listed in DOAJ: Not yet checked
  • Crossref: ISSN found in Crossref
  • OpenAlex: S176558078
  • Journal website: www.annualreviews.org

Figures come from OpenAlex (papers, citations, h-index, topics), Crossref (ISSN check) and DOAJ (open-access listing and fees). They change as records are corrected, so treat them as a dated snapshot. This page does not state whether the journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed.

Questions

What is the ITS Journal Score of Annual Review of Plant Biology?

It is 87.7 out of 100, which places it #467 among ranked journals. The score combines citation impact (45%), h-index (35%) and size (20%) from open OpenAlex data.

What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Plant Biology?

This site does not publish Journal Impact Factors, which belong to Clarivate. As an open alternative, its two-year mean citedness in OpenAlex is 26.43.

Is Annual Review of Plant Biology open access?

82% of its papers from 2021–2025 are recorded as open access.

Does Annual Review of Plant Biology charge a publication fee?

The fee is not recorded in our data. This does not mean the journal is free. Check the journal's own website for its current fees.

Transparent methodology

How the ITS Journal Score works

One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.

A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.

What this is not: the ITS Journal Score is not a Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore or SJR, and this site does not say whether a journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. Always confirm aims and scope, indexing, peer review and fees on the journal's own website before you submit.