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Ukrainian Botanical Journal

Publishing House Akademperiodyka · Ukraine · Est. 1921

ISSN0372-4123eISSN2415-8860
SJR Q4WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.167
H-Indexi
15
SNIPi
0.463
Total Worksi
775
Total Citationsi
2,209
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.03
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

TheUkrainian Botanical Journal (UBJ)provides comprehensive coverage of all fields of plant sciences, including taxonomy, floristics, vegetation science, as well as of all aspects of mycology and phycology. TheUBJaims to present the original research reports and novel findings along with various high-impact papers onall major issues, such as systematics, phylogeny, evolution, geography, ecology, conservation, morphology, anatomy, biotechnology, physiology, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, of plants, true fungi and their protozoan/chromistan analogues, lichens, algae and cyanobacteria. Original research articles, brief communications, scientific notes, reviews, and other important contributions are accepted. Papers that make significant advances to the fields of study and those of general interest to botanists and mycologists are welcome. TheUBJis indexed/abstracted in:Scopus; SCImago Journal Rank(SJR); Web of Science Master Journal List(WoS MJL)by Clarivate and the following collections: Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Records;CAB Abstracts; Directory of Open Access Journals(DOAJ);CrossRef; Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources(ROAD); International Plant Names Index(IPNI);Google Scholar;WorldCat-OCLC; Open Ukrainian Citation Index(OUCI); National RepositoryScientific Periodicals of Ukraine(V.I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine), etc.The digital archives of theUBJare also available via the website of theV.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Since its foundation in 1921, theUBJhas undergone a number of changes of its original, transliterated and parallel titles. Some of the preceding transliterated / parallel titles and their print ISSNs are as follows:Ukrayins'kyi Botanichnyi Zhurnal/ Ukrainian Botanical Review (1921–1929), ISSN1562-6385;Zhurnal Bio-Botanichnogo Tsyklu Vseukrayins'koyi Akademiyi Nauk/ Journal du Cycle bio-botanique de l'Académie des Sciences d'Ukraine (1931–1933), ISSN1562-6393;Zhurnal Instytutu Botaniky V

General Information

Country / RegionUkraine
Primary LanguageEnglish, Ukrainian
1st Year Published1921
Frequencybi-monthly
StatusActive
Total Publications775
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of UkraineInternet Archive

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Publishing House Akademperiodyka
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0372-4123 / 2415-8860
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine, Internet Archive
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English, Ukrainian

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
67
281
2019
50
145
2020
44
149
2021
42
136
2022
39
46
2023
41
52
2024
54
25
2025
23
53
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4
EcologyQ4
Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Plant ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesBryophyte Studies and RecordsLichen and fungal ecologyDiverse Scientific Research in UkraineMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Frequently asked questions about Ukrainian Botanical Journal

Is Ukrainian Botanical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ukrainian Botanical Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Ukrainian Botanical Journal?

Ukrainian Botanical Journal 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 1.03.

Is Ukrainian Botanical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ukrainian Botanical Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Ukrainian Botanical Journal?

TheUkrainian Botanical Journal (UBJ)provides comprehensive coverage of all fields of plant sciences, including taxonomy, floristics, vegetation science, as well as of all aspects of mycology and phycology. TheUBJaims to present the original research reports and novel findings along with various high-impact papers onall major issues, such as systematics, phylogeny, evolution, geography, ecology, conservation, morphology, anatomy, biotechnology, physiology, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, of plants, true fungi and their protozoan/chromistan analogues, lichens, algae and cyanobacteria.

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