Journal profile · PLANT SCIENCES
Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica
ISSN 1851-2372 · Sociedad Argentina de Botanica · ARGENTINA
Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 41 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica is published by Sociedad Argentina de Botanica 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 Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Botanical Research and Applications, together about 31.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. publishes original scientific works from the whole spectrum of Plant Biology (structure, anatomy, development, physiology, cytology, genetics, evolution, ecology, paleobotany, palynology, ethnobotany, etc.) in the diverse vegetable organisms and related groups (mycology, ficology, lichenology, briology, etc.), both in basic and applied aspects. Taxonomic works (of systematics, phylogeny, monographs, revisions, lectotypifications, nomenclatural acts, descriptions of taxa), phytogeographic and phytosociological works (survey and classification of vegetation at different spatial scales and without restriction of methodological approaches) are considered for publication. Contributions that address complete phytogeographic units or sub-units and those that fill gaps in knowledge of vegetation in little-known territories are especially welcome. Extensions of geographical areas are published only when it comes to new citations for a country. Checklists and lists of annotated plants are not published. Articles submitted for publication must be original and must not have been submitted to another publisher or previously published (print or electronic format). Submissions of papers already published in another language will not be accepted (autoplagio for translation).
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): PLANT SCIENCES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.2%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.6%
- Botanical Research and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.4%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Lichen and fungal ecologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 929 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 105 | 105 | 291 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 6 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 27 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | 62 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | 160 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 106 |
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 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 | CC BY-NC | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sociedad Argentina de Botanica
- Country or region
- ARGENTINA
- Language
- English, Portuguese, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1851-2372
- 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 Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica
What CAS zone is Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica 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 Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.5; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica?
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 Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica open access, and what is the APC?
Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica 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, 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: .