Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Folia Geobotanica
ISSN 1211-9520 · eISSN 1874-9348 · Springer Netherlands · CZECH REPUBLIC · Quarterly · Founded 1966
Folia Geobotanica: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.41; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,490; median 212 days to acceptance (30 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 22 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Folia Geobotanica is published by Springer Netherlands 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 and Plant Ecology Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Plant and animal studies, together about 43.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Folia Geobotanica is a scientific journal of the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It publishes peer-reviewed articles on vegetation science, plant ecology and plant systematics, including the topics of temporal community patterns, population and ecosystem ecology, and invasion and conservation ecology. Within the field of plant systematics, the journal welcomes articles on systematic and evolutionary botany, including phylogenetic reconstructions, phylogeographic and biogeographic inferences, studies of microevolutionary processes, taxonomic studies, and broader taxonomic revisions. Apart from original research articles, authors are invited to submit forum papers, opinion papers, review papers and technical reports on topics of broader interest. Special issues on varied subjects in plant ecology and plant systematics, often following up on international conferences, are also published. An international editorial board and a thorough review process safeguard the quality of papers published. Formerly Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica, the journal was founded in 1966 by renowned botanists Slavomil Hejný and Jaroslav Moravec of the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Průhonice, Czech Republic. Since 2008, it has been co-published with Springer.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Editor-in-chief Petr DostaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 9%); most named Czechia 8, Mainland China 2, Germany 2, Spain 2, Brazil 2 (23 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.2%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science16.5%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Bryophyte Studies and RecordsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 1.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 556OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 77,500Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,108 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5 | 22 |
| 2024 | 16 | 8 | 67 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7 | 62 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4 | 94 |
| 2021 | 20 | 5 | 144 |
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
212 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 163 days – 346 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (30 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 234 days
- Sample
- 30 articles with submission and acceptance dates (30 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,490 / EUR 3,790 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted9
- forum papersThere are four main types of papers: Research papers Forum papers Opinion papers Review papers Technical reportsLength not stated
- opinionBefore submitting a paper, it is advised to browse a few previous journal issues to check the general journal scope. There are four main types of papers: Resear…Length not stated
- opinion papersThere are four main types of papers: Research papers Forum papers Opinion papers Review papers Technical reportsLength not stated
- original research paperBefore submitting a paper, it is advised to browse a few previous journal issues to check the general journal scope. There are four main types of papers: Resear…Length not stated
- research paperBefore submitting a paper, it is advised to browse a few previous journal issues to check the general journal scope. There are four main types of papers: Resear…Length not stated
- research papersThere are four main types of papers: Research papers Forum papers Opinion papers Review papers Technical reportsLength not stated
- reviewBefore submitting a paper, it is advised to browse a few previous journal issues to check the general journal scope. There are four main types of papers: Resear…Length not stated
- review papersThere are four main types of papers: Research papers Forum papers Opinion papers Review papers Technical reportsLength not stated
- technical reportsThere are four main types of papers: Research papers Forum papers Opinion papers Review papers Technical reportsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data sharing encouraged in public repositories Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE member, follows COPE guidelines Model summary
This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Folia Geobotanica, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Reviewer suggestions allowed Model summary
Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening software may be used Model summary
the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints In Review: Preprint Service
Preprints allowed with disclosure Model summary
AUTHOR SERVICE Folia Geobotanica, in partnership with Research Square, now offers In Review: a journal-integrated preprint service.
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
- Springer Netherlands
- Country or region
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1966
- ISSN
- 1211-9520
- Electronic ISSN
- 1874-9348
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 61, Issue 1-2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Folia Geobotanica
What CAS zone is Folia Geobotanica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Folia Geobotanica 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 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Folia Geobotanica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.41; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 61.
How long does peer review take at Folia Geobotanica?
Based on the dates recorded on 30 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 212 days (interquartile range 163–346 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Folia Geobotanica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Folia Geobotanica based?
Of the 23 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Czechia (8), Mainland China (2) and Germany (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Folia Geobotanica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Folia Geobotanica is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Folia Geobotanica open access, and what is the APC?
Folia Geobotanica is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,490.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .