Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Adansonia
ISSN 1280-8571 · eISSN 1639-4798 · Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle · FRANCE · Semiannual · Founded 1997
Adansonia: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.81; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 22 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Adansonia is published by Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions and Plant and animal studies, together about 53.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Adansonia is a fast-track and peer-reviewed journal of plant biology, devoted to the inventory, analysis and interpretation of vascular plants biodiversity. It publishes original results, in French or English, of botanical research, particularly in systematics and related fields: morphology, anatomy, biology, ecology, phylogeny, biogeography, etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Editor-in-chief Thierry DeroinPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences25.3%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.8%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.2%
- African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: ISI Alerting Services®
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.81LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 23Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.01%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 501 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 5 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 28 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 37 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 54 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 122 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 53 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | Publisher's own license | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- articleIt publishes original results, in French or English, of botanical research, particularly in systematics and related fields: morphology, anatomy, biology, ecolog…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
CC-BY 4.0 license starting in 2026 Model summary
Starting in 2026, articles published in Adansonia are distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Diamond Open Access, no charges to authors Model summary
All Adansonia articles are made freely and immediately available in PDF to readers on the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle website, with no charges to authors for publication (Diamond Open Access).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Nomenclatural codes (ICZN, ICN) and CRediTs initiative compliance Model summary
All articles published in Adansonia are compliant with the different nomenclatural codes (ICZN, ICN) and with the CRediTs initiative.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- English, French
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1280-8571
- Electronic ISSN
- 1639-4798
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Adansonia
What CAS zone is Adansonia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Adansonia is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Adansonia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.81; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Adansonia?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Adansonia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Adansonia is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Adansonia open access, and what is the APC?
Adansonia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .