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Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Switzerland

ISSN0100-8404eISSN1806-9959
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2015-06-18). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.401
H-Indexi
72
SNIPi
0.557
Total Worksi
2,079
Total Citationsi
37,234
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.45
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Brazilian Journal of Botany is an international journal dedicated to a diverse range of research in plant sciences, including biogeography, cytogenetics, ecology, physiology and biochemistry, morphology and anatomy, molecular biology and diversity, phycology, palynology, and systematics and phylogeny. - The Official journal of Botanical Society of São Paulo - Encourages manuscripts describing new taxa based on multiple-source morphological data - Floristic inventories and checklists must include new and relevant information, such as conservation strategies and biogeographic patterns - Does not consider submissions dealing exclusively with methods and protocols, biological activity of extracts without detailed chemical analysis, and manuscripts with an agronomical focus

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyTwo No. A Year
StatusActive
Total Publications2,079
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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0100-8404 / 1806-9959
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
63
713
2019
106
1.2k
2020
95
918
2021
84
632
2022
113
560
2023
88
260
2024
67
85
2025
33
11
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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesPlant Diversity and EvolutionFern and Epiphyte BiologyEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesGrowth and nutrition in plants

Frequently asked questions about Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Is Revista Brasileira de Botanica a predatory journal?

Revista Brasileira de Botanica was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2015-06-18). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Revista Brasileira de Botanica?

Revista Brasileira de 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 1.45.

Is Revista Brasileira de Botanica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Revista Brasileira de Botanica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Revista Brasileira de Botanica?

The Brazilian Journal of Botany is an international journal dedicated to a diverse range of research in plant sciences, including biogeography, cytogenetics, ecology, physiology and biochemistry, morphology and anatomy, molecular biology and diversity, phycology, palynology, and systematics and phylogeny. - The Official journal of Botanical Society of São Paulo - Encourages manuscripts describing new taxa based on multiple-source morphological data - Floristic inventories and checklists must include new and relevant information, such as conservation strategies and biogeographic patterns - Does

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref