Plant Protect. Sci., 2024, 60(4):311-327 | DOI: 10.17221/182/2024-PPS

Sixty-year anniversary of the journal Plant Protection ScienceReview

Aleš Lebeda ORCID...1, Věra Kroftová ORCID...2, Radovan Pokorný ORCID...3
1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2 Agrotest Fyto, Ltd., Kroměříž, Czech Republic
3 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of AgriSciences, Breeding and Plant Medicine, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

In 2024, the journal Plant Protection Science (PPS) completes 60 years of publication (1965–2024). Its roots extend back to the year 1921. In recent years, PPS has developed into an international scientific journal focused on all aspects of plant protection science, published exclusively in English, and with an international editorial board. The publisher is the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), celebrating its 100th anniversary (1924–2024). PPS is one of eleven agricultural journals published by CAAS. On its 50th anniversary, PPS published a detailed overview of its history and development. This latest critical review summarises developments during the last ten years; however, in special cases, also with a longer-term perspective. During the last decade, PPS has made impressive progress and is now among the world's key scientific journals. Recently, the journal has been added to the indexing and abstracts of many international databases, e.g. BIOSIS Previews, SCOPUS and Web of Science. In 2014, PPS had an impact factor of 0.597, but during the last few years, PPS's IF has ranged between 1.3 and 1.4 (for 2023, IF = 1.7), with the possibility of further increase. Each year, PPS is published quarterly, with a total of around 40 papers (original papers, reviews, short communications, biographical notices, and book reviews). Per year, about 70–80% of papers by authors/co-authors from abroad are published (Europe, America, Asia, Australia and Oceania). In the final part of this presentation, we describe some recent achievements and discuss key topics related to PPS's future development.

Keywords: history; contemporary development; editorial policy; ranking in Web of Science and SCOPUS database; scientific impact; visions and future developments

Received: September 25, 2024; Revised: September 25, 2024; Accepted: September 27, 2024; Published: October 14, 2024  Show citation

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Lebeda A, Kroftová V, Pokorný R. Sixty-year anniversary of the journal Plant Protection Science. Plant Protect. Sci. 2024;60(4):311-327. doi: 10.17221/182/2024-PPS.
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