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Lankesteriana

Universidad de Costa Rica · Costa Rica · Est. 2001

ISSN1409-3871eISSN2215-2067

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.368

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.819

Total Worksi

749

Total Citationsi

3,375

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

LANKESTERIANA , International Journal on Orchidology, is devoted to the publication of original contributions on orchidology, including orchid systematics, ecology, evolution, anatomy, physiology, history, etc., as well as reviews of books and conferences on these topics. Short communications and commentaries are also accepted and should be titled as such.

General Information

Country / RegionCosta Rica

Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish

1st Year Published2001

Frequency3 times a year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications749

Publisher OrgLankester Botanical Garden

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad de Costa Rica

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1409-3871 / 2215-2067

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Spanish

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

2019

139

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Plant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesPlant Diversity and EvolutionFern and Epiphyte BiologyPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant Parasitism and ResistanceBotany and Geology in Latin America and CaribbeanBotanical Research and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Lankesteriana

Is Lankesteriana a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lankesteriana: it is indexed in 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 Lankesteriana?

Lankesteriana is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.368.

Is Lankesteriana indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lankesteriana is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.