Journal profile · PLANT SCIENCES
TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY
ISSN 1300-008X · eISSN 1303-6106 · Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences · TURKEY · Bimonthly · Founded 1994
TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.79; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 39 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY is published by Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences 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 Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Plant Diversity and Evolution, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Turkish Journal of Botany is published electronically 6 times a year by TUBITAK ULAKBIM and accepts original English-language manuscripts covering all areas of plant systematics and taxonomy, plant evolution, biodiversity, genetics, genome evolution, comparative and evolutionary genomics, genome sequencing, bioinformatics, biogeography and phylogeography, conservation, population genetics, reproductive biology, ecology, ecophysiology, paleobotany, cell biology and ultrastructure, morphogenesis, anatomy and structural biology, palynology, systems biology, physiology, and development. Taxonomic emphasis is on all land plant groups in a wide sense, including algae, lichens, bryophytes, and fungi. Authors are required to frame their research questions and discuss their results in terms of major questions in plant biology. Research areas covered in the journal are as follows: Ecology:biogeography, pollination biology, conservation biology, diversity, molecular ecology, phytogeography, vegetation ecology, functional ecology, Ethnobotany: ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, Molecular Biology and Genetics: genomics, proteomics, biotechnology, bioinformatics, computational biology, chromosome, genetic diversity, population genetics, cytology, Physiology and Biochemistry: growth & development, stress, metabolism, enzymes, proteins and natural products, Reproductive Biology: plant breeding, embryology, ontogeny, Structure : morphology & anatomy, palynology, paleobotany, functional morphology, plant development, Systematics: evolution, phylogeny, taxonomy, nomenclature. Together with significant research of interest to a wide audience of scientists in all organization levels and all plant and allied organisms (algae, fungi, and lichens). In general, papers that are too narrowly focused, purely descriptive, or broad surveys, or that contain only preliminary data or natural history, or the following types of articles will not be considered: Manuscripts that are only of local interest, New taxa studies without molecular evidence, New record, Ethnobotany studies that are not correlated with their use in the experimental part.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PLANT SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Asim KADIOĞLUPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Türkiye 45, United States 6, Mainland China 5, Germany 3, Italy 2 (78 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.4%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Lichen and fungal ecologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 599OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 51.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,363 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 4 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 47 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 133 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 178 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 921 |
| 2021 | 61 | 61 | 912 |
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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY |
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted7
- letters to the editorTurkish Journal of Botany accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articles, research notes/short…Length not stated
- original researchTurkish Journal of Botany accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articles, research notes/short…Length not stated
- original research articleTurkish Journal of Botany accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articles, research notes/short…Length not stated
- research articleTurkish Journal of Botany accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articles, research notes/short…Length not stated
- reviewTurkish Journal of Botany accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articles, research notes/short…Length not stated
- review articleTurkish Journal of Botany accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articles, research notes/short…Length not stated
- short communicationTurkish Journal of Botany accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articles, research notes/short…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics
- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ definition of conflicts of interest is as follows: “A conflict of interest exists when professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as patients’ welfare or the validity of research) may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain). Perceptions of conflict of interest are as important as actual conflicts of inter…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Originality and no simultaneous submission required. Model summary
Papers are accepted for evaluation on the understanding that they have not been published, they are not being considered for publication simultaneously elsewhere, they are not going to be submitted for publication elsewhere.
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
- Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences
- Country or region
- TURKEY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1300-008X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1303-6106
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY
What CAS zone is TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY 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 TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.79; CiteScore 3, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Author–date. 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 TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY based?
Of the 78 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (45), United States (6) and Mainland China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY open access, and what is the APC?
TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .