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Economic Botany

Springer · United States

ISSN0013-0001

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.368

H-Indexi

150

SNIPi

1.2

Total Worksi

4,417

Total Citationsi

123,883

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Interdisciplinary in scope, Ethnobotany and Economic Botany bridges the gap between pure and applied botany by focusing on the uses of plants by people. The foremost publication of its kind in this field, Ethnobotany and Economic Botany documents the rich relationship that has always existed between plants and people around the world, encompassing the past, present, and potential uses of plants. The Journal features original research articles, review articles, book reviews, annotated bibliographies, and notes on economic plants.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications4,417

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0013-0001

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

979

2018

805

2019

443

2020

338

2021

165

2022

188

2023

2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HorticultureQ2

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceHorticulture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesPlant and animal studiesDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Economic Botany

Is Economic Botany a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economic Botany: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Economic Botany?

Economic Botany is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.368.

Is Economic Botany indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economic Botany is indexed in Scopus.