Journal profile · Plant Sciences
American Journal of Botany
ISSN 0002-9122 · eISSN 1537-2197 · John Wiley & Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1914
American Journal of Botany: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,660; median 136 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 186 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Botany is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>American Journal of Botany</em> publishes innovative research in all areas of plant biology, from ecology, evolution, and physiology, to organization.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.2%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Plant Reproductive BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science5%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 136LetPub ·
- h-index
- 242OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 16,586OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 150LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 158Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,367,805Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 28,692 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 131 | 83 | 42 |
| 2025 | 186 | 113 | 445 |
| 2024 | 180 | 138 | 824 |
| 2023 | 171 | 137 | 1,515 |
| 2022 | 193 | 155 | 1,795 |
| 2021 | 233 | 175 | 3,838 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
136 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 99 days – 231 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 65 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 195 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (339 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 2–4 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 144 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 68 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,660 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 1,990 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1914
- ISSN
- 0002-9122
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-2197
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Botany
What CAS zone is American Journal of Botany in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Botany is in Zone 2 of Biology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of American Journal of Botany?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.8; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 242.
How long does peer review take at American Journal of Botany?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 136 days (interquartile range 99–231 days); authors report an average review time of 2–4 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 31% (2025). 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 American Journal of Botany?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Botany is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is American Journal of Botany open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Botany is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,660.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .