Journal profile · PLANT SCIENCES
Phytotaxa
ISSN 1179-3155 · eISSN 1179-3163 · Magnolia Press · NEW ZEALAND · Founded 2009
Phytotaxa: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.19; subscription journal; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 95%; 1,178 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Phytotaxa is published by Magnolia Press 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 40.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Phytotaxa is designed for high quality papers on any aspect of systematic and taxonomic botany, with a preference for large taxonomic works such as monographs, floras, revisions and evolutionary studies and descriptions of new taxa. Detailed information about manuscript submission is here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PLANT SCIENCES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.7%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.4%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.5%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
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
- 1.19LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,817OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 41.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 971LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 15,231 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 894 | 56 | 80 |
| 2025 | 1,178 | 676 | 633 |
| 2024 | 1,114 | 801 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 1,051 | 893 | 1,729 |
| 2022 | 1,093 | 940 | 2,447 |
| 2021 | 1,185 | 990 | 3,554 |
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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 95%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 36%Publisher website ·
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
Author ethics. The authors must ensure that the submission is an original one that has not been published before and is also not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Duplicated submission is not permitted and will result in the rejection of the manuscript. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure that the manuscript contains no unlawful statements and does not violate the rights of an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Phytotaxa is a hybrid journal and has published many open access papers: View Open Access Papers We encourage the open access of papers as they are more widely read and cited. Our open access option has one of the lowest article processing fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed before acceptance. Reviewers will be kept anonymous if they wish. Authors can suggest reviewers.
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
- Magnolia Press
- Country or region
- NEW ZEALAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2009
- ISSN
- 1179-3155
- Electronic ISSN
- 1179-3163
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Phytotaxa
What CAS zone is Phytotaxa in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Phytotaxa 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 Phytotaxa?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.19; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 59.
How long does peer review take at Phytotaxa?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 95%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 36%. 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 Phytotaxa?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Phytotaxa is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Phytotaxa open access, and what is the APC?
Phytotaxa 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, Publisher website, 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: .