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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1887

ISSN1095-8339

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.682

H-Indexi

116

SNIPi

1.203

Total Worksi

5,880

Total Citationsi

143,841

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1887

Frequency8 No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications5,880

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1095-8339

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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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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?

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

116

2019

109

1.7k

2020

107

1.4k

2021

387

2022

103

683

2023

379

2024

119

129

2025

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and animal studiesPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsPlant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesPlant Parasitism and ResistanceBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesFern and Epiphyte BiologyEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

Frequently asked questions about Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Is Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society: 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 Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society?

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 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 1.42.

Is Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society?