Journal profile · Evolutionary Biology
Systematic Botany
ISSN 0363-6445 · eISSN 1548-2324 · American Society of Plant Taxonomists Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1976
Systematic Botany: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.91; hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Systematic Botany is published by American Society of Plant Taxonomists Inc. 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 animal studies and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, together about 50.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Systematic Botany is the Society's quarterly international scientific journal, and publishes papers on topics such as taxonomy, systematics, speciation, morphometrics, molecular phylogeny, conservation, biogeography, and methods.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Evolutionary Biology
Editor-in-chief Daniel PotterPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences22.6%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.9%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.1%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
- Botanical Research and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.8%
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 3 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | 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 3 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | 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
- 0.91LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 120OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,802OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,345 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 29 | 5 | 21 |
| 2024 | 39 | 11 | 85 |
| 2023 | 51 | 10 | 131 |
| 2022 | 91 | 17 | 291 |
| 2021 | 105 | 13 | 493 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1976
- ISSN
- 0363-6445
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-2324
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Systematic Botany
What CAS zone is Systematic Botany in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Systematic Botany is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Plant Sciences / Evolutionary Biology. 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 Systematic Botany?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.91; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 120.
How long does peer review take at Systematic Botany?
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 Systematic Botany?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Systematic Botany is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Systematic Botany open access, and what is the APC?
Systematic Botany is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .