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Plant Direct

United StatesEcology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Plant Science (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
2.8Impact Factor (2025)
39H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.849SJR (2025)
2017-2026Coverage

About Plant Direct

Plant Direct is a scholarly journal published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.849 and H-index of 39.

Coverage: 2017-2026. Research categories: Ecology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Plant Science (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q2).

Verified field sources

  • Editor(s): Richard Haslam (Editor) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Editorial leadership listed under Edited By on the Wiley journal homepage; publisher role retained without assuming Editor-in-Chief.
  • Journal Impact Factor: 2.8 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from Wiley Journal Metrics, distinct from CiteScore and Journal Citation Indicator.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from Wiley Journal Metrics, distinct from CiteScore and Journal Citation Indicator.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 3120 USD; 2070 GBP; 2810 EUR
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, PMC, Portico
Reported submission-to-publication time14 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2017 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2475-4455
ISSN-L2475-4455
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationWiley
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex914
Citations recorded in OpenAlex13,021
OpenAlex H-index50
Years represented in OpenAlex1983–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Plant Molecular Biology Research; Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms; Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance; Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism; Plant Reproductive Biology; Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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