Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Collectanea Botanica
ISSN 0010-0730 · eISSN 1989-1067 · CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas · Spain
Collectanea Botanica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 48 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Collectanea Botanica is published by CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Plant Diversity and Evolution, together about 55% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Collectanea Botanica es una revista científica publicada por el CSIC, editada en el Institut Botànic de Barcelona, que publica artículos originales e inéditos sobre taxonomía y sistemática vegetal y fúngica y campos relacionados como la biogeografía, bioinformática, citogenética, conservación, ecofisiología, filogenia, filogeografía, florística, morfología funcional, nomenclatura o relaciones planta-animal, incluyendo trabajos de síntesis y revisión.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences18.4%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.1%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Linguistic and Cultural StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Science | Q3 | 296/541 | — |
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
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 331 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 50 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 82 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 97 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 67 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 70 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 95 |
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 48 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
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
- CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, English, French, Catalan, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0010-0730
- Electronic ISSN
- 1989-1067
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Collectanea Botanica
How long does peer review take at Collectanea Botanica?
Authors report an average review time of about 48 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Collectanea Botanica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Collectanea Botanica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Collectanea Botanica is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Collectanea Botanica open access, and what is the APC?
Collectanea 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .