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Acta Botanica Malacitana

Universidad de Malaga · Spain · Est. 1975

ISSN0210-9506

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.159

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.475

Total Worksi

1,982

Total Citationsi

6,242

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Acta Botanica Malacitana (ABM) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, international journal, that provides annual publications of research articles, reviews and short communications in all subjects related to Botany. Original scientific research contributions about systematics, chorology, ecology and applied botany are welcome.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageSpanish, English

1st Year Published1975

Frequencyannual

StatusActive

Total Publications1,982

Publisher OrgUniversity of Málaga

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad de Malaga

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0210-9506

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

Spanish, 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

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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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

EcologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Ecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

Frequently asked questions about Acta Botanica Malacitana

Is Acta Botanica Malacitana a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Botanica Malacitana: 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 Acta Botanica Malacitana?

Acta Botanica Malacitana is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.159.

Is Acta Botanica Malacitana indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Botanica Malacitana is indexed in Scopus.