Gayana - Botanica
Universidad de Concepcion · Chile
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Aims & Scope
GAYANA BOTANICA is an open access, peer-reviewed journal focused on all botanical disciplines such as ecology, physiology, taxonomy, morphology, and biogeography. It accepts original submissions related to both plants and fungi. GAYANA BOTANICA is dedicated to the French naturalist Claude Gay, is a journal for the publication of original research in all areas of the biology of plants and fungi. GAYANA BOTANICA is a scientific Open Access Journal published by Universidad de Concepción, and is the official organ of the Botanical Society of Chile. One volume appears annually, divided into two numbers. The journal welcomes work carried out by scientists of all nationalities, prepared according to the norms presented below. Manuscripts may be written in either English or Spanish. Systematic, taxonomic, cytological, and phytochemical studies should be backed up by material deposited in state herbariums or other institutions readily accessible to the scientific community. GAYANA BOTANICA also receives books for review, notices of scientific events, and obituaries, which are published free of charge after acceptance. The journal is accredited with the International Association for Plant Taxonomy for the purpose of new names of vascular plants and fungi. The journal receives works in systematic, taxonomy, floristic, ecology, physiology, morphology, development, conservation, cytology and phytochemical botany.
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Frequently asked questions about Gayana - Botanica
Is Gayana - Botanica a predatory journal?
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What is the impact factor of Gayana - Botanica?
Gayana - Botanica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.27.
Is Gayana - Botanica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Gayana - Botanica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Gayana - Botanica?
GAYANA BOTANICA is an open access, peer-reviewed journal focused on all botanical disciplines such as ecology, physiology, taxonomy, morphology, and biogeography. It accepts original submissions related to both plants and fungi. GAYANA BOTANICA is dedicated to the French naturalist Claude Gay, is a journal for the publication of original research in all areas of the biology of plants and fungi. GAYANA BOTANICA is a scientific Open Access Journal published by Universidad de Concepción, and is the official organ of the Botanical Society of Chile. One volume appears annually, divided into two num
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