Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Feddes Repertorium
ISSN 0014-8962 · eISSN 1522-239X · Wiley-Blackwell
Feddes Repertorium: subscription journal; APC about USD 2,900; median 77 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 69% (journal website); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Feddes Repertorium is published by Wiley-Blackwell. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Diversity and Evolution, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, together about 62.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Feddes Repertorium – Journal of Botanical Taxonomy and Geobotany is one of the leading publications in theory and practice. Original research papers and reviews cover all groups of the plant world, including extant and fossil. Theory and principles of taxonomy, nomenclature, techniques and methodology, on evolution and phylogeny and descriptions of new taxa are considered as well. The reader will also find information on the history of flora and vegetation. All papers are internationally refereed by experts in their respective fields. Feddes Repertorium is indexed in CAB INTERNATIONAL, BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences. ISSN: 0014-8962 (print), 1522-239X (online). Readership Botanists, systematists, specialists in evolution research, plant geographers, chorologists, ecologists, palaeobotanists, morphologists, geneticists. Keywords Botany, taxonomy, geobotany, plant nomenclature, evolution, phylogeny, flora, vegetation, fossil, plants, plant world, taxa.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 13%); most named Germany 5, India 4, Mainland China 3, United Kingdom 2, Brazil 2 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences23.5%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18.6%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science1.9%
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
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q4 | 593/736 | 19th |
| Plant Science | Q4 | 440/541 | 18th |
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 600OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 57Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 18,363Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,117 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 139 | 48 | 377 |
| 2025 | 65 | 23 | 565 |
| 2024 | 34 | 16 | 629 |
| 2023 | 32 | 7 | 654 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3 | 658 |
| 2021 | 34 | 6 | 858 |
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 Crossref · to
77 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 52 days – 147 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 98 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (175 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 69%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 104 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 10 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 1,930 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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
- Reference style
- APA
- Not considered
- preprint
Article types accepted11
- book reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
- commentaryArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
- meta-analysisArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
- opinionArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
- research articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
- research articlesreports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledgeLength not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
- review articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
- short communicationArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
- short communicationsevidence-based opinion pieces involving areas of broad interest and invited commentaries.Length not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Research Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Obtaining Permission to Reproduce Material. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access Model summary
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access option. You’ll have the option to choose to make your article Open Access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC, unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 2. Submission and Peer Review Process
Peer review model Model summary
New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://authors.wiley.com/journal/FEDR. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com. For help with submissions, please contact:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. This journal does not accept articles previously published on preprint servers.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0014-8962
- Electronic ISSN
- 1522-239X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 137, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Feddes Repertorium
How long does peer review take at Feddes Repertorium?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 77 days (interquartile range 52–147 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 69% (2025). 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 Feddes Repertorium based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (5), India (4) and Mainland China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Feddes Repertorium?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Feddes Repertorium is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Feddes Repertorium open access, and what is the APC?
Feddes Repertorium is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,900.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .