Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Haseltonia
ISSN 1070-0048 · Cactus and Succulent Society of America, Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual
Haseltonia: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.22; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 9 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Haseltonia is published by Cactus and Succulent Society of America, Inc. 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 Plant Diversity and Evolution, Botanical Research and Applications and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, together about 54% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Haseltonia, Yearbook of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America, is published in full color and features peer-reviewed articles about all aspects of cacti, succulents and their environs. Topics include current research and conservation reports, new species descriptions and lengthy taxonomic revisions, historical and biographical notes, chemical and cytological studies, evolutionary biology and ethnobotanical reports, propagation and pest control methods, and pollinator studies. Serious students of the world's succulent flora, botanists, taxonomists, researchers and horticulturalists will all find Haseltonia a valuable addition to their book collection.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
- Botanical Research and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.7%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.9%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.1%
- Phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
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
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
- 0.22LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 280 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1 | 18 |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1 | 40 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Cactus and Succulent Society of America, Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- ISSN
- 1070-0048
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Haseltonia
What CAS zone is Haseltonia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Haseltonia 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 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Haseltonia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.22; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at Haseltonia?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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.
Which databases index Haseltonia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Haseltonia is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Haseltonia open access, and what is the APC?
Haseltonia 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; 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: .