Change in Licence Policy for CAAS Journals

We would like to inform you that the journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) will change their licence policy. All articles submitted to CAAS journals from 2026 will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0) allows broad reuse, distribution, and adaptation of published articles, provided that appropriate credit to the original authors is given.

Articles submitted by 2025 are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license.


Impact factor (WoS):

2024: 1.4
Q3 – Agronomy
Q3 – Plant Sciences
5-year Impact factor: 1.4

SCImago Journal Rank (SCOPUS):

SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Plant Protection Science

  • ISSN 1212-2580 (Print)
  • ISSN 1805-9341 (On-line)

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Founded in 1921 (by 1997 under the title Ochrana rostlin).

  • The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
  • Editor-in-Chief: prof. Ing. Aleš Lebeda, DrSc.
  • Co-editor: prof. Ing. Radovan Pokorný, Ph.D.
  • Executive Editor: Ing. Eva Karská
  • Technical Editor: Ing. Bc. Ilona Adamírová
  • The journal is published quarterly

Journal leaflet  Plant Protection Science - Call for Papers

Aims & Scope

original papers, short communications, critical reviews, personal news, and book reviews covering all areas of diseases and pests of plants, weeds and plant protection. Articles are published in English.


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