Journal profile · Environmental Science-Ecology
Botanica
ISSN 2538-8649 · eISSN 2538-8657 · Nature Research Centre · Lithuania
Botanica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Botanica is published by Nature Research Centre. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, together about 42.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Botanica publishes original research and review articles, short communications, commentaries, and information in the fields of botany and ecology (biomedical sciences), including algology, bryology, lichenology, plant physiology, phytocenology, systematics and taxonomy of plants and fungi, including phytoviruses, as well as basic botany, economic botany (plant resources and their conservation, biologically active compounds and their accumulation in plants, etc.) and conservation of botanical diversity.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Ecology
Editor-in-chief Zigmantas Gudžinskas E-mailPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences21.7%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.4%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Lichen and fungal ecologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
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 | Q3 | 330/491 | 32nd |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q3 | 508/736 | 31st |
| Plant Science | Q3 | 383/541 | 29th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Agricola (National Agricultural Library), CABI (over 50 subsections), EBSCO (relevant databases), EBSCO Discovery Service, Google Scholar
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 166 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 46 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 89 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 62 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 67 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 41 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 48 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted4
- commentariesBotanica publishes original research and review articles, short communications, commentaries, and information in the fields of botany and ecology (biomedical sc…Length not stated
- original researchBotanica publishes original research and review articles, short communications, commentaries, and information in the fields of botany and ecology (biomedical sc…Length not stated
- review articlesBotanica publishes original research and review articles, short communications, commentaries, and information in the fields of botany and ecology (biomedical sc…Length not stated
- short communicationsBotanica publishes original research and review articles, short communications, commentaries, and information in the fields of botany and ecology (biomedical sc…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright
CC BY 4.0 license Model summary
Authors of articles published in Botanica retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (Attribution 4.0 International - CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access since 2012 Model summary
Since 2012, Botanica is an open access journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review by at least two anonymous referees Model summary
Manuscripts are subject to review by at least two anonymous referees from Lithuania and foreign countries; other contributions are reviewed by editors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
CrossCheck plagiarism screening Model summary
To ensure that the content of papers published in Botanica is original, all manuscripts are checked through the CrossCheck System.
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
- Nature Research Centre
- Country or region
- Lithuania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2538-8649
- Electronic ISSN
- 2538-8657
- Society / sponsor
- European Union
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Botanica
How long does peer review take at Botanica?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Which databases index Botanica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Botanica is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Botanica open access, and what is the APC?
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, 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: .