Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Arctoa
ISSN 0131-1379 · KMK Scientific Press Ltd.
Arctoa: fully open access; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arctoa is published by KMK Scientific Press Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Bryophyte Studies and Records, Lichen and fungal ecology and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, together about 74.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Arctoa is a peer-reviewed scientific international journal dedicated to mosses, liverworts and hornworts, and fossil plants that are putatively related to them.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bryophyte Studies and RecordsAgricultural and Biological Sciences32.9%
- Lichen and fungal ecologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences29.1%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.6%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences1.1%
- Slime Mold and Myxomycetes ResearchEngineering1%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q3 | 536/736 | — |
| Plant Science | Q4 | 407/541 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 256OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.44OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 709 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 241 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 404 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 451 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 412 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 573 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 532 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- KMK Scientific Press Ltd.
- ISSN
- 0131-1379
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arctoa
Which databases index Arctoa?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arctoa is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Arctoa open access, and what is the APC?
Arctoa is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .