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Acta Botanica Mexicana

Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. · Mexico

ISSN2448-7589eISSN2448-7589

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

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.287

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.585

Total Worksi

1,538

Total Citationsi

9,676

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionMexico

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published—

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,538

Publisher OrgInstituto de Ecología, UNAM

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2448-7589 / 2448-7589

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

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

295

2019

280

2020

211

2021

179

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.

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 EvolutionBotanical Research and ApplicationsBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesPlant and animal studiesScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsFern and Epiphyte BiologyPlant and soil sciencesPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

Frequently asked questions about Acta Botanica Mexicana

Is Acta Botanica Mexicana a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Botanica Mexicana: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Botanica Mexicana?

Acta Botanica Mexicana 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 0.57.

Is Acta Botanica Mexicana indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Botanica Mexicana is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Botanica Mexicana?