Journal profile · PLANT SCIENCES
Botanical Sciences
ISSN 2007-4298 · eISSN 2007-4476 · Sociedad Botanica de Mexico · MEXICO
Botanical Sciences: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.05; fully open access; APC about USD 150; review about 16 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 63 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Botanical Sciences is published by Sociedad Botanica de Mexico 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 Botanical Research and Applications, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Plant and soil sciences, together about 30% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Botanical Sciences is an international scientific journal that publishes original and unpublished articles in plant biology, including ecology and evolution, structure and function, systematics and taxonomy, among other areas of botany. Botanical Sciences is published quarterly and is the scientific journal of the Sociedad Botánica de México. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the Editor-in-Chief, Dra. Teresa Terrazas (www.botanicalsciences.com.mx). Contributions describing new species are welcome. Botanical Sciences publishes articles in both English and Spanish. The Editorial Committee will evaluate the contributions in Spanish and may suggest the authors publish their work in English if it is more appropriate. Botanical Sciences is a continuation of and replacement for the Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México, published from 1944 to 2011
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PLANT SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Dra. TeresaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botanical Research and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.9%
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences8.8%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Botany and Geology in Latin America and CaribbeanAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceSciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Latindex, WoS, FAO AGRIS, Biblat, Periodica, WoS Journal Info
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
- Impact factor
- 1.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 432OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 27.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 86.97%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,807 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 70 | 18 |
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | 53 |
| 2024 | 77 | 77 | 144 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 | 249 |
| 2022 | 85 | 85 | 447 |
| 2021 | 73 | 73 | 545 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 150 | Yes | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 150 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 150 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- editorialEDITORIAL / EDITORIALLength not stated
- reviewREVIEW / REVISIÓNLength not stated
- systematicsSYSTEMATICS / SISTEMÁTICALength not stated
- taxonomy and floristicsTAXONOMY AND FLORISTICS / TAXONOMÍA Y FLORÍSTICALength not stated
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
- Sociedad Botanica de Mexico
- Country or region
- MEXICO
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISSN
- 2007-4298
- Electronic ISSN
- 2007-4476
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 104 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Botanical Sciences
What CAS zone is Botanical Sciences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Botanical Sciences 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 Botanical Sciences?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.05; CiteScore 2, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Botanical Sciences?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Botanical Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Botanical Sciences is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Botanical Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Botanical Sciences is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 150.
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: .