Journal profile

BMC plant biology

Publisher: BioMed Central
ISSN1471-2229 FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.67
Citation rate 7.06 12,320 total citations
h5-index 76 h5 depth signal
Cited share 93.9% 1,826 of 1,944
Total citations 12,320 Citation footprint
Metric signal 7.60 External metric anchor
Self-citation 6.8% 833 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 5,734
United States 726
Iran 479
India 443
Saudi Arabia 363

Citing Fields of Research

Crop Science 7,600
Genetics & Genomics 2,339
Plant Pathology 1,179
Phytochemicals 959
Evolutionary Genomics 871

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 11,476 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 1,944 1,826 cited publications
Last 12 months 2,719 226.6 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 2,719 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 5,734 citing publications
Leading citing field Crop Science 7,600 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 21 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1, 2001-
PubMed
v1n1, 2001-
PMC
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Crop Science

Broad Categories

Botany Crop Science

MeSH Descriptors

Botany Plants

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

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Zakir Husain, Al Aqsa, Haoyu Guo et al.
Background: Beta vulgaris (sugar beet) is a crop of great economic value that has limited biotechnological enhancement despite being notoriously recalcitrant to in vitro regeneration and genetic engineering. Therefore, a consistent regen...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from BioMed Central archive volume screen (viewed on Feb. 13, 2002).

Articles are added consecutively to the current annual v.

Mode of access: Internet.