Journal profile · Environmental Science-Ecology
TAIWANIA
ISSN 0372-333X · National Taiwan University (IEEB) · Taiwan
TAIWANIA: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.07; fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 95 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Taiwania (ISSN: 0372-333X) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal with no subscription charges (or Article Processing Charge-APC). Taiwania articles are published both online (at https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw) and in the traditional printed format issued quarterly, with one volume per year. The Journal publishes original research articles, scientific notes, and invited or submitted reviews on all aspects of biodiversity, including taxonomy, phylogeny, morphology, genetics, ecology and evolutionary biology, at all levels of organization from molecular, organismal, population, community to ecosystem. Taiwania has been indexed Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), BIOSIS PREVIEWS & Zoological Record (in Web of science); CABI; EBSCO; ProQuest; Ingenta;Scopus and Ulrich's Periodical Directories. Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Manuscript should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format to the Online Submission site (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tai).ISSN: 0372-333X All updated news will be posted on our facebook
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Ecology
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
- 1.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 43Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- Self-citation rate
- 36.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 95LetPub ·
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National Taiwan University (IEEB)
- Country or region
- Taiwan
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0372-333X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 71, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about TAIWANIA
What CAS zone is TAIWANIA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, TAIWANIA 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 TAIWANIA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.07; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at TAIWANIA?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 TAIWANIA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, TAIWANIA is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is TAIWANIA open access, and what is the APC?
TAIWANIA is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .