Journal profile · Plant Sciences
NOVON
ISSN 1055-3177 · Missouri Botanical Garden · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1991
NOVON: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.47; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NOVON is published by Missouri Botanical Garden 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, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions and Plant and animal studies, together about 48.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Novon is a quarterly, peer-reviewed botanical journal whose purpose is to publish articles establishing new nomenclature, including new taxa and new names, for vascular plants and bryophytes. Short papers typifying existing names may also be accepted. Lengthy revisions that primarily describe and discuss known species, while publishing nova incidentally, are not appropriate for Novon. Articles may be written in English or Spanish.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.7%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.9%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.8%
- Botanical Research and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
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
- 0.47LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 361OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,415 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 25 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4 | 19 |
| 2023 | 29 | 2 | 50 |
| 2022 | 22 | 4 | 40 |
| 2021 | 31 | 5 | 55 |
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)
- 6–12 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
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 1055-3177
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NOVON
What CAS zone is NOVON in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NOVON 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 NOVON?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.47; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 31.
How long does peer review take at NOVON?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 NOVON?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NOVON is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is NOVON open access, and what is the APC?
NOVON 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .