Journal profile · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
Bonplandia
ISSN 0524-0476 · eISSN 1853-8460 · Instituto de Botanica del Nordeste · Argentina
Bonplandia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bonplandia is published by Instituto de Botanica del Nordeste. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Diversity and Evolution, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, together about 50.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bonplandia es una publicación del Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (UNNE-CONICET) fundada en el año 1960. Es una revista abierta a artículos originales sobre taxonomía, anatomía, morfología, fisiología, genética, citogenética, biotecnología aplicada y genómica funcional, etnobotánica, palinología, florística, ecología y otras áreas de la biología vegetal, referidos a todos los grupos de plantas y organismos relacionados (cianobacterias, algas, hongos y liquenes), tanto actuales como fósiles. Los artículos de nuestra revista están enfocados a las disciplinas antes citadas abarcando el continente americano.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 15, United States 2, United Kingdom 1, Canada 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences18%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.5%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.4%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Linguistic and Cultural StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 127/144 | 12th |
| Plant Science | Q4 | 486/541 | 10th |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q4 | 667/736 | 9th |
| Genetics | Q4 | 341/357 | 4th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 543 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 129 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 200 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 209 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 158 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 165 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 204 |
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)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | CC BY | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Authors retain publication rights without restrictions; CC BY 4.0 license. Model summary
La revista Bonplandia permite al autor conservar su derecho de publicación sin restricciones. Este obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access: all contents available free online before print publication. Model summary
Todos los contenidos de la Revista Bonplandia están disponibles en forma abierta y gratuita en línea antes de la publicación impresa.
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
- Instituto de Botanica del Nordeste
- Country or region
- Argentina
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0524-0476
- Electronic ISSN
- 1853-8460
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Bonplandia
How long does peer review take at Bonplandia?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Bonplandia based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (15), United States (2) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Bonplandia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bonplandia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Bonplandia open access, and what is the APC?
Bonplandia 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .