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Kew Bulletin

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · United Kingdom

ISSN0075-5974eISSN1874-933X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.371

H-Indexi

121

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.847

Total Worksi

7,469

Total Citationsi

100,228

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Kew Bulletin is an international journal specializing in the taxonomy, systematics, and conservation of plants and fungi. Flagship journal of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Focuses on comprehensive reviews and original articles on taxonomy, systematics, and conservation of plants and fungi. Publishes papers on evolution, palynology, cytology, anatomy, biogeography and phytochemistry, where relevant to taxonomy and systematics. Incorporates line drawings and photographs in each part. Features a New Species and a Book Review section.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive

Total Publications7,469

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0075-5974 / 1874-933X

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

367

2019

317

2020

401

2021

327

2022

137

2023

105

2024

2025

2026

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.

Plant ScienceQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsPlant and animal studiesBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Kew Bulletin

Is Kew Bulletin a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Kew Bulletin: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Kew Bulletin?

Kew Bulletin 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 0.71.

Is Kew Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Kew Bulletin is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.