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Taxon

International Association for Plant Taxonomy · Austria

ISSN0040-0262eISSN1996-8175

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.882

H-Index

201

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.998

Total Works

14,400

Total Citations

263,528

2yr Mean Citedness

1.09

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Taxon publishes research on plant and fungal taxonomy, systematics, and evolution. Articles focus on describing new species, revising taxonomic groups, and reconstructing phylogenetic relationships using morphological and molecular data. The journal also addresses typification of names, historical botanical studies, and the curatorial activities of herbaria.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionAustria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications14,400

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

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Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Association for Plant Taxonomy

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0040-0262 / 1996-8175

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Evolutionary BiologyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Diversity and EvolutionBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesPlant and animal studiesPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions