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Novon

Missouri Botanical Garden · United States

ISSN1055-3177eISSN1945-6174

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.238

H-Index

CiteScore

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SNIP

0.488

Total Works

2,397

Total Citations

12,560

2yr Mean Citedness

0.39

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Novon publishes descriptions of new plant species from various geographic regions, including India, Madagascar, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Cameroon, Mexico, Iran, Peru, Costa Rica, Brazil, Tanzania, and New Guinea. The journal focuses on plant taxonomy, detailing morphological characteristics, comparisons with related species, and often including information on ecology, distribution, and conservation status. It covers a wide range of plant families such as Asteraceae, Acanthaceae, Passifloraceae, Poaceae, Lamiaceae, Gesneriaceae, Podostemaceae, Apocynaceae, Malpighiaceae, Rutaceae, Malpighiaceae, Araliaceae, Anacardiaceae, Sapotaceae, and Balsaminaceae.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,397

Publisher OrgMissouri Botanical Garden Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Missouri Botanical Garden

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1055-3177 / 1945-6174

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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?

N/A

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Plant ScienceQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsPlant and animal studiesBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesBotanical Research and Applications