Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Hoehnea
ISSN 0073-2877 · eISSN 2236-8906 · Instituto de Botânica · Brazil
Hoehnea: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hoehnea is published by Instituto de Botânica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, together about 41.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Breve história Hoehnea atualmente é um dos periódicos científicos do Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais (IPA), publicada pelo Instituto de Botânica desde 1971, em substituição aos Arquivos de Botânica do Estado de São Paulo. Publica de forma contínua, a partir de 2020, artigos originais, revisões e notas científicas em todos os temas da Botânica e da Micologia em Português, Espanhol e, principalmente, em Inglês. Publica artigos nas áreas de Taxonomia, Sistemática, Ecologia, Fisiologia, Bioquímica, Anatomia vegetal, Biologia Molecular, Genética, Filogenia, abrangendo estudos em Plantas Vasculares, Plantas Avasculares, algas, fungos e Biodiversidade. O nome Hoehnea é uma homenagem ao botânico Frederico Carlos Hoehne, fundador e primeiro Diretor do Instituto de Botânica. A missão de Hoehnea é fomentar a produção científica na área de Botânica e Micologia, oferecendo a cientistas do Brasil e do exterior o espaço para a publicação, divulgação e discussão dos resultados das suas pesquisas. Mantém forte viés com a área Ambiental, sendo favorável à inter/transversalidade com áreas correlatas à Botânica e à Micologia, tais como Ecologia, Educação ambiental, Saúde ligada ao Meio Ambiente, Microbiologia ambiental, Recuperação de áreas degradadas, Conservação da biodiversidade vegetal e de fungos in situ e ex situ, Coleções de Culturas e Herbários. O título abreviado do periódico é Hoehnea, que deve ser usado em bibliografias, notas de rodapé, referências e legendas bibliográficas. Acesso Aberto O periódico segue o modelo de Acesso Aberto, proporcionando acesso virtual irrestrito e gratuito a todos os textos científicos publicados. Acesso Aberto é a condição em que o detentor dos direitos autorais de uma obra acadêmica concede direitos de uso a terceiros por meio de uma licença aberta (Creative Commons Atribuição - CC-BY), permitindo o acesso gratuito e imediato à obra e autorizando qualquer usuário a ler, baixar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, pesquisar ou criar links para os textos completos dos artigos, rastreá-los para indexação, utilizá-los como dados em softwares ou para qualquer outra finalidade lícita. Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta Sendo a Ciência Aberta é um movimento que objetiva tornar o conhecimento científico aberto e compartilhado com a comunidade científica e público em geral, Hoehnea adota uma série de práticas, como a política de acesso livre, o uso de redes sociais para divulgação de artigos, orienta a equipe editorial quanto às boas práticas cient
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 13, Portugal 1 (14 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 Sciences21.1%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.9%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Bryophyte Studies and RecordsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science3.7%
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
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forestry | Q4 | 151/181 | 16th |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 214/253 | 15th |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q4 | 664/736 | 9th |
| Aquatic Science | Q4 | 239/259 | 7th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Latindex
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 241OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 919 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 319 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 460 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 812 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 541 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 556 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 609 |
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)
- about 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open peer review, Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 accepted3
- articleoriginal complete articlesLength not stated
- reviewreviewsLength not stated
- scientific notescientific notesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, providing unrestricted and free virtual access to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open Access is the condition where the copyright holder of a scholarly work grants usage rights to others using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution - CC-BY) allowing for immediate free access to the work and permitting any user to read, download, co…
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
- Instituto de Botânica
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0073-2877
- Electronic ISSN
- 2236-8906
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hoehnea
How long does peer review take at Hoehnea?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 weeks. 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 Hoehnea based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (13) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Hoehnea?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hoehnea is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Hoehnea open access, and what is the APC?
Hoehnea is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .