Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Castanea
ISSN 0008-7475 · Southern Appalachian Botanical Survey · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1936
Castanea: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.29; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Castanea is published by Southern Appalachian Botanical Survey 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 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Plant and animal studies and Rangeland and Wildlife Management, together about 45.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Castanea is named in honor of the American Chestnut tree. Castanea is thebotanical name for Chestnuts, dating back to what the ancient Greeks calledthem. The American Chestnut is a critically endangered tree that once made up 35%of the forests of the Eastern US before being devastated by a blight thatdestroyed up to 4 billion American Chestnut trees. Castanea serves professional and amateur botanists by reviewing andpublishing scientific papers related to botany in the Eastern United States. We accept papers relating to plant biology, biochemistry, ecology, floristics,physiology and systematics.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences25.5%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science9.3%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science9.1%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.7%
- Archaeology and Natural HistorySocial Sciences6.7%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science3.3%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.7%
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 0.29LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 230OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,206 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 22 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023 | 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1 | 34 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1 | 27 |
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 ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Southern Appalachian Botanical Survey
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1936
- ISSN
- 0008-7475
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Castanea
What CAS zone is Castanea in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Castanea 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 Castanea?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.29; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 37.
How long does peer review take at Castanea?
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 Castanea?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Castanea is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Castanea open access, and what is the APC?
Castanea is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .