Journal profile
Hortus Botanicus
ISSN 1994-3849 · Petrozavodsk State University · Russian Federation
Hortus Botanicus: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hortus Botanicus is published by Petrozavodsk State University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation and Plant Diversity and Evolution, together about 50.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Осознавая многофункциональность ботанических садов как социально ориентированных научно-образовательных институтов, журнал ‘Hortus Botanicus’ публикует материалы, посвященные научной, образовательной и социальной деятельности ботанических садов мира. Мы принимаем статьи по сохранению, мобилизации и интродукции растений; изучению разнообразия растительного мира и его структуры, описания новых видов и форм; изучению роста и развития растений ex situ; садоводству и ландшафтному дизайну. В ‘Hortus Botanicus’ можно опубликовать: обширные списки растений; аналитические обзоры о деятельности ботанических садов; сведения о коллекциях; краткие сообщения о конференциях, научных проектах и идеях; эссе по истории ботаники, ботаническим путешествиям и другой деятельности ботанических садов. Нас интересует все творчество сотрудников ботанических садов.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences33.7%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.9%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Urban Arborization and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Landscape and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities3.4%
- Linguistic and Cultural StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
- History of Science and Natural HistoryArts and Humanities3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 588 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 45 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 37 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 61 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 97 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 73 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Редакция не несет ответственности за правильность и полноту представления библиографических данных. Model summary
За правильность и полноту представления библиографических данных редакция ответственности не несет.
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
- Petrozavodsk State University
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- Russian
- ISSN
- 1994-3849
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hortus Botanicus
How long does peer review take at Hortus Botanicus?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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.
Which databases index Hortus Botanicus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hortus Botanicus is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Hortus Botanicus open access, and what is the APC?
Hortus Botanicus 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .