New Zealand Plant Protection (NZPP) is indexed by Scopus and has a 2016 Scopus Cite Score of 0.57. The Cite Score is calculated by dividing the number of citations in 2016 to NZPP papers published in 2013, 2014 or 2015 by the number of documents published in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

The journal is also indexed in Biosis, which is part of Web of Science.