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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Plant Direct (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Plant Direct published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. 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 104 of 285 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 Plant Direct
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). Plant Direct 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
Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$2,840.
02Review time
Review time of Plant Direct
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.
Half of the research articles Plant Direct published between Nov 2024 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 144 days of submission, and the middle half took between 97 and 211 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 Plant Sciences, Plant Direct ranks 58 of 105 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Plant Sciences →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Plant Direct
Plant Direct follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Wiley: full waiver or 50% discount by Wiley's country list (close to Research4Life), applied automatically when enough of the authors are eligible. The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group.
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Who funds research published in Plant Direct
Funders named most often
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04Indexing
Indexing of Plant Direct
- ISSN
- 2475-4455
- Publisher
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- Country
- England
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- 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 and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
- Web of Science Master Journal List
- SCImago Journal Rank
- ISSN Portal (ISSN 2475-4455)
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
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05How to submit
How to submit to Plant Direct
- Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that Plant Direct accepts. You find it on the official website of the journal, usually under "For authors" or "Submit".
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- Plan the fee. Plant Direct is fully open access, with an article fee of about US$2,840 after acceptance. See whether your author team qualifies for a waiver with the free APC waiver checker.
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06Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Plant Direct
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07Same subject
Plant Sciences journals with a similar impact factor*
The journals next to Plant Direct when the 269 journals of Plant Sciences in our data are ranked by impact factor*:
| Rank | Journal | Impact factor* | Indexing | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Alpine Botany | 2.77 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 101 | Vegetation Classification and Survey | 2.69 | ESCI | Fully open access |
| 102 | Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) | 2.66 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 103 | American Journal of Botany | 2.64 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 105 | Journal of Plant Ecology | 2.62 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 106 | Economic Botany | 2.61 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 107 | Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics | 2.61 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 108 | Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding | 2.59 | SCIE | Fully open access |
*Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.
08Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
09Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Plant Direct?
Based on 162 research articles Plant Direct published from Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 144 days, and half of them were accepted between 97 and 211 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 27 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Plant Direct?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Plant Direct is 2.62: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.62 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 Plant Direct?
The h-index of Plant Direct is 49 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 49 of its papers have each been cited at least 49 times. Its i10-index is 399.
What is the APC of Plant Direct?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$2,840 for Plant Direct, an open access journal (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.
What is the quartile of Plant Direct?
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). Plant Direct 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.
Is Plant Direct indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Plant Direct 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 Plant Direct an SCIE journal?
Yes. Plant Direct 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 Plant Direct in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Plant Direct is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
Does Plant Direct offer an APC waiver?
Plant Direct follows the policy of Wiley: full waiver or 50% discount by Wiley's country list (close to Research4Life), applied automatically when enough of the authors are eligible. The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Who funds research published in Plant Direct?
51% of 189 recent research articles in Plant Direct name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, U.S. Department of Energy.
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