Journal profile · Environmental Sciences
Environmental and Experimental Botany
ISSN 0098-8472 · eISSN 1873-7307 · Elsevier · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1976
Environmental and Experimental Botany: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.96; fully open access; APC about USD 3,000; review about 96 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: about 37.5%; 203 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental and Experimental Botany is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant responses to elevated CO2 and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, together about 33.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and Scope of the Journal Environmental and Experimental Botany:Environmental and Experimental Botany (EEB) publishes research papers on the physical, chemical, biological, molecular mechanisms and processes involved in the responses of plants to their environment.In addition to research papers, the journal includes review articles. Submission is in agreement with the Editors-in-Chief.The Journal also publishes special issues which are built by invited guest editors and are related to the main themes of EEB.The areas covered by the Journal include:(1) Responses of plants to heavy metals and pollutants(2) Plant/water interactions (salinity, drought, flooding)(3) Responses of plants to radiations ranging from UV-B to infrared(4) Plant/atmosphere relations (ozone, CO2 , temperature)(5) Global change impacts on plant ecophysiology(6) Biotic interactions involving environmental factors.Each submitted manuscript related to these areas should be preferably based on an explicitly elaborated mechanistic hypothesis. We especially welcome molecular studies of gene function that use gene-edited and/or overexpression/transgenic lines to evaluate plant responses. The purely descriptive and following types of manuscripts are not suitable for EEB: field monitoring surveys, pure mathematical modeling without experimentations, pure correlative works, applied papers on agriculture and phytopathology, studies of plant biology, gene expression and molecular works without considering environmental aspects, or transcriptomic / bioinformatic analyses that simply predict gene function. The research should be based on a clear hypothesis and provide new insights on plant responses to the environment, preferably providing evidence of new mechanisms underlying plant stress resistance. Ecological studies are also encouraged if they provide a sound basis of physiological processes involved in the plant response to the environment.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences
Editor-in-chief Ian DoddPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 9 in mainland China (about 18%); most named Italy 11, Mainland China 9, United States 6, Spain 5, Brazil 4 (51 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.3%
- Plant responses to elevated CO2Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science6.9%
- Photosynthetic Processes and MechanismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Plant Molecular Biology ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Plant responses to water stressAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolismAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 4.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 10.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 105LetPub ·
- h-index
- 200OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,434OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 179LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,363 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 145 | 145 | 55 |
| 2025 | 203 | 203 | 698 |
| 2024 | 367 | 121 | 3,636 |
| 2023 | 349 | 86 | 5,219 |
| 2022 | 351 | 73 | 8,684 |
| 2021 | 332 | 58 | 9,228 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 37.5%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 96 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,000 / EUR 2,810 / GBP 2,400 / JPY 372,090 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,370 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers5, by deadline
- Mechanistic insights into plant responses to climate changeDeadline
- Membrane transporters in plant adaptive responses to hostile environmentsDeadline
- Ecophysiology of metal and metalloid hyperaccumulator plantsDeadline
- Multidimensional Analysis of Adaptive Mechanisms of Plants under Drought or Combined Stress RegimesDeadline
- Plant Sensing Mechanisms and Adaptive Responses to Temperature and Light CuesDeadline
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
Article types accepted8
- full paper1. Original full papers (Regular Papers) 2. Review articles on Environmental Issues in Plant Science. Original papers should report the results of original rese…Length not stated
- original full papers (regular papers)1. Original full papers (Regular Papers)Length not stated
- original paper1. Original full papers (Regular Papers) 2. Review articles on Environmental Issues in Plant Science. Original papers should report the results of original rese…Length not stated
- original research1. Original full papers (Regular Papers) 2. Review articles on Environmental Issues in Plant Science. Original papers should report the results of original rese…Length not stated
- regular paper1. Original full papers (Regular Papers) 2. Review articles on Environmental Issues in Plant Science. Original papers should report the results of original rese…Length not stated
- review1. Original full papers (Regular Papers) 2. Review articles on Environmental Issues in Plant Science. Original papers should report the results of original rese…Length not stated
- review article1. Original full papers (Regular Papers) 2. Review articles on Environmental Issues in Plant Science. Original papers should report the results of original rese…Length not stated
- review articles on environmental issues in plant science2. Review articles on Environmental Issues in Plant ScienceLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics in publishing Model summary
Authors must follow ethical guidelines stated in Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication. In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service on SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint and early research …
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1976
- ISSN
- 0098-8472
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-7307
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental and Experimental Botany
What CAS zone is Environmental and Experimental Botany in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental and Experimental Botany is in Zone 2 of Biology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental and Experimental Botany?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.96; CiteScore 10.8, h-index 200.
How long does peer review take at Environmental and Experimental Botany?
The publisher reports about 96 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 10 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 37.5%”. 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 Environmental and Experimental Botany based?
Of the 51 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 9 (about 18%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (11), Mainland China (9) and United States (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental and Experimental Botany?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental and Experimental Botany is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Environmental and Experimental Botany open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental and Experimental Botany is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .