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Botanical Sciences

Sociedad Botanica de Mexico, A.C · Mexico · Est. 1944

ISSN2007-4298eISSN2007-4476

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.308

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.624

Total Worksi

1,757

Total Citationsi

13,628

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionMexico

Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish

1st Year Published1944

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,757

Publisher OrgSociedad Botánica de México, A. C.

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sociedad Botanica de Mexico, A.C

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2007-4298 / 2007-4476

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

CLOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Spanish

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

481

2019

540

2020

520

2021

424

2022

224

2023

120

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 ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Botanical Research and ApplicationsPlant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and soil sciencesScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyPlant and animal studiesBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesBotany and Geology in Latin America and CaribbeanFern and Epiphyte BiologyMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

Frequently asked questions about Botanical Sciences

Is Botanical Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Botanical Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Botanical Sciences?

Botanical Sciences 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 0.80.

Is Botanical Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Botanical Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Botanical Sciences?