Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Phytocoenologia
ISSN 0340-269X · eISSN 2363-7153 · Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung · GERMANY · Irregular
Phytocoenologia: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.81; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 8 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Phytocoenologia is published by Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung 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 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna and Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, together about 44.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Phytocoenologia is an international, peer-reviewed journal of plant community ecology. It is devoted to vegetation survey and classification at any organizational and spatial scale and without restriction to certain methodological approaches. The journal publishes original papers that develop new vegetation typologies as well as applied studies that use such typologies, for example, in vegetation mapping, ecosystem modelling, nature conservation, land use management or monitoring. Particularly encouraged are methodological studies that design and compare tools for vegetation classification and mapping, such as algorithms, databases and nomenclatural principles. Papers dealing with conceptual and theoretical bases of vegetation survey and classification are also welcome. While large-scale studies are preferred, regional studies will be considered when filling important knowledge gaps or presenting new methods. Manuscripts outside this scope or with poor linguistic quality will be declined without review. If you are in doubt about the suitability of your paper, you can discuss this with one of the Chief Editors prior to submission. Phytocoenologia fully complies with the open access requirements of UKRI, Wellcome, and NIHR. Where required by their funder, authors retain the right to distribute their author accepted manuscript (AAM), such as via an institutional and/or subject repository (e.g. Europe PMC), under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence for release not earlier than the date of first online publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 4, Italy 1, Chile 1, Romania 1 (7 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 Sciences23.8%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences14%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Lichen and fungal ecologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Bryophyte Studies and RecordsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Peatlands and Wetlands EcologyEnvironmental Science4.1%
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 | Ecology | 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 |
| Minor | Ecology | 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 | Ecology | 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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Biological Abstracts, ISI Alerting Services, Research Alert, SciSearch, EBSCO Academic Search Ultimate
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
- Impact factor
- 0.81LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 525OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,058 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 2022 | 9 | 3 | 40 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 36 |
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 ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | EUR 140 / EUR 149 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted11
- editorialDuring submission, you have to select whether your paper is a Regular Article, belongs to the Section Ecoinformatics, the Section Phytosociological Nomenclature…Length not stated
- forum paperForum Paper Forum papers are essays with original ideas / speculations / well-sustained arguments, but without new data.Length not stated
- letterDuring submission, you have to select whether your paper is a Regular Article, belongs to the Section Ecoinformatics, the Section Phytosociological Nomenclature…Length not stated
- original paperspublishes original papers, reviews and reports on plant community ecologyLength not stated
- regular articleDuring submission, you have to select whether your paper is a Regular Article, belongs to the Section Ecoinformatics, the Section Phytosociological Nomenclature…Length not stated
- reportReport This category includes items that are not scientific papers, e.g. news items, reports on the existence of databases and technical information.Length not stated
- reportspublishes original papers, reviews and reports on plant community ecologyLength not stated
- research paperDuring submission, you have to select whether your paper is a Regular Article, belongs to the Section Ecoinformatics, the Section Phytosociological Nomenclature…Length not stated
- reviewDuring submission, you have to select whether your paper is a Regular Article, belongs to the Section Ecoinformatics, the Section Phytosociological Nomenclature…Length not stated
- review and synthesisReview and Synthesis This category is for papers that do not (or hardly) contain new data/analyses, but critically review the existing knowledge on a topic to d…Length not stated
- reviewspublishes original papers, reviews and reports on plant community ecologyLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
In agreement with the standards of various research organisations, listing a person as co-author is only admissible when this person (a) made a substantial scientific contribution to the sampling, the analyses and/or the writing-up and (b) read and approved the final version of text before submission. For papers with more than one author, the individual contributions have to be stated in an author…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright transfer to publisher upon acceptance. Model summary
By submitting a manuscript to Phytocoenologia, the authors implicitly guarantee that it represents original unpublished work, not being currently considered for publication elsewhere. After acceptance for publication, the authors transfer the copyright of their article to the publisher. The copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, microfilm…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access papers may be downloaded free of charge; other papers can be downloaded (presumably by subscribers). Model summary
P = can be downloaded O = Open Access (paper may be downloaded free of charge)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Peer review Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to peer review to evaluate their scientific soundness and their suitability for the journal’s audience. Special review procedures apply to Editorials and certain types of Reports. Authors will normally be notified of acceptance, rejection, or need for revision within three months. If authors are invited for revision they will be given an amount of time corresp…
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
- Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Irregular
- ISSN
- 0340-269X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2363-7153
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Phytocoenologia
What CAS zone is Phytocoenologia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Phytocoenologia is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ecology / 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 Phytocoenologia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.81; CiteScore 2, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Phytocoenologia?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Phytocoenologia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Phytocoenologia based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (4), Italy (1) and Chile (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Phytocoenologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Phytocoenologia is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Phytocoenologia open access, and what is the APC?
Phytocoenologia is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .