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Annals of Botany

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0305-7364eISSN1095-8290

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.292

H-Indexi

268

SNIPi

1.334

Total Worksi

15,947

Total Citationsi

657,635

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications15,947

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0305-7364 / 1095-8290

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

212

7.2k

2019

206

4.9k

2020

159

2021

156

2.9k

2022

201

2.4k

2023

227

1.7k

2024

346

852

2025

274

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 ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesPlant Diversity and EvolutionPlant Reproductive BiologyEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant Parasitism and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Botany

Is Annals of Botany a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Botany: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Annals of Botany?

Annals of Botany 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 2.59.

Is Annals of Botany indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Botany is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Botany?