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Systematic Botany

American Society of Plant Taxonomists Inc. · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1548-2324

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.305

H-Indexi

117

SNIPi

0.576

Total Worksi

3,316

Total Citationsi

90,296

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Systematic Botany is the Society's quarterly international scientific journal, and publishes papers on topics such as taxonomy, systematics, speciation, morphometrics, molecular phylogeny, conservation, biogeography, and methods.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,316

Publisher OrgAmerican Society of Plant Taxonomists

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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?

American Society of Plant Taxonomists Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1548-2324

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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

753

2019

451

2020

105

488

2021

287

2022

124

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Plant ScienceQ3

GeneticsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Evolutionary BiologyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

GeneticsPlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and animal studiesPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesPlant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsFern and Epiphyte BiologyBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesBotanical Research and ApplicationsPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Parasitism and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about Systematic Botany

Is Systematic Botany a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Systematic Botany: 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 Systematic Botany?

Systematic Botany 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 Systematic Botany indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Systematic Botany is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.