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Phytotaxa

Magnolia Press · New Zealand · Est. 2009

ISSN1179-3163

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

0.337

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.664

Total Works

14,642

Total Citations

65,432

2yr Mean Citedness

0.47

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Aims & Scope

Phytotaxa is a peer-reviewed, international journal for rapid publication of high quality papers on any aspect of systematic and taxonomic botany, with a preference for large taxonomic works such as monographs, floras, revisions and evolutionary studies and descriptions of new taxa. Phytotaxa covers all groups covered by the International Code of Nomenclature foralgae, fungi, and plants ICNafp (fungi, lichens, algae, diatoms, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and vascular plants), both living and fossil.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 1,114 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications14,642

Publisher OrgQ15088586

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer review by two or more anonymous reviewers

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate36%

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Magnolia Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1179-3163

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer review by two or more anonymous reviewers

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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?

English

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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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Plant ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsPlant and animal studiesPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsFern and Epiphyte BiologyBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesLichen and fungal ecologyPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics