Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Harvard Papers in Botany
ISSN 1043-4534 · eISSN 1938-2944 · Harvard University Press
Harvard Papers in Botany: subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Harvard Papers in Botany is published by Harvard University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, together about 74.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Harvard Papers in Botany (HPB) is a refereed, invite-only, journal that welcomes longer monographic and floristic accounts of plants and fungi, as well as papers concerning systematic botany, molecular phylogenetics, plant physiological ecology, the history of botany, and relevant and significant bibliographies, as well as book reviews.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science
Editor-in-chief Jeannine Cavender-BaresPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences29.8%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.9%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.6%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Linguistic and Cultural StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.7%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.6%
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 | Q4 | 461/541 | 14th |
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
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 655 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 143 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 2024 | 35 | 2 | 192 |
| 2023 | 30 | 0 | 242 |
| 2022 | 31 | 2 | 209 |
| 2021 | 30 | 3 | 237 |
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.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted7
- book reviewsas well as book reviewsLength not stated
- history of botanythe history of botanyLength not stated
- molecular phylogeneticspapers concerning systematic botany, molecular phylogeneticsLength not stated
- monographic and floristic accounts of plants and fungiwelcomes longer monographic and floristic accounts of plants and fungiLength not stated
- papers concerning systematic botanypapers concerning systematic botanyLength not stated
- plant physiological ecologyplant physiological ecologyLength not stated
- relevant and significant bibliographiesrelevant and significant bibliographiesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Accepts submissions in both English and Spanish. Model summary
Harvard Papers in Botany is open to all who wish to contribute and accepts submissions in both English and Spanish.
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
- Harvard University Press
- ISSN
- 1043-4534
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-2944
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Harvard Papers in Botany
Which databases index Harvard Papers in Botany?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Harvard Papers in Botany is indexed in Scopus.
Is Harvard Papers in Botany open access, and what is the APC?
Harvard Papers in Botany 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, 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: .