Journal profile

Planta medica

Publisher: George Thieme
ISSN0032-0943 | 1439-0221 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
2.37
Citation rate 0.65 370 total citations
h5-index 23 h5 depth signal
Cited share 20.6% 131 of 635
Total citations 370 Citation footprint
Metric signal 0.75 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.9% 7 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

Germany 602
China 450
Greece 332
Italy 331
United States 308

Citing Fields of Research

Phytochemicals 3,367
Mass Spectrometry 407
Mycotoxins 404
Alternative Medicine 371
Bacteriology 286

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 25,833 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 635 131 cited publications
Last 12 months 763 63.6 publications/month
Open access share 3.0% 23 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country Germany 602 citing publications
Leading citing field Phytochemicals 3,367 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 12 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v13n3,Aug. 1965-
PubMed
v13n3,Aug. 1965-
OLDMEDLINE
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Phytochemicals

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung
Contributor
Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung (Germany)

Broad Categories

Botany Phytochemicals

MeSH Descriptors

Biological Products Plants, Medicinal

Latest Publications

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

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Kenta Murata, Yoshiyuki Mizushina, Daisuke Izawa et al.
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the accumulation of cerebral amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides, making the inhibition of Aβ production a key therapeutic strategy. We screened a plant extract library for Aβ42 inhibitors using human neura...
06
Rofida Wahman, Anber F. Mohammed, Claire Simons et al.
Skin and prostate cancers pose therapeutic challenges due to drug resistance. Attalea butyracea, a Neotropical palm with profound ethnobotanical significance, remains largely unexplored for anticancer constituents. This study aimed to is...
07
Cynthia Castillo-Mendoza, Israel Castillo-Juárez, L. Gerardo Zepeda-Vallejo et al.
Cuachalalate bark (Amphipterygium spp.), relevant in Mexican herbal medicine for its gastroprotective, and anti-Helicobacter pylori effects, as well as its reported antiproliferative/cytotoxic and antitumor effects, lacks systematic stud...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Online issues for 1970-1983 are grouped by year in place of volume numbering.

Supplements accompany some vols.

Also issued online.

Articles in German, English, or French; in English only, 1988-

Official organ primarily of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung (called Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung und -therapie from 1953-57)