Journal profile · PLANT SCIENCES
Willdenowia
ISSN 0511-9618 · Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem · GERMANY
Willdenowia: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.57; fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Willdenowia is published by Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Plant Diversity and Evolution, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Willdenowia is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing original research articles in English from the entire fields of plant, algal and fungal systematics, covering the evolution, taxonomy and nomenclature of these organisms as well as related fields such as floristics and plant geography. Articles on phylogeny and molecular systematics are especially welcome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PLANT SCIENCES
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 3, United States 1, Australia 1, Iran 1, Mexico 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences17%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.7%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences13%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
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 |
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 SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, CNKI, OCLC, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, CAB International, CNKI Scholar, EBSCO Discovery Service, Ex Libris, Google/Google Scholar, Meta, Microsoft Academic Search, ReadCube, Summon Service (Serials Solutions), TDNet, WorldCat Discovery Services (OCLC), Yewno
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
- 1.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.41Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 354OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,339 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 6 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 8 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 60 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 139 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 292 |
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 ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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)
Article types accepted1
- original research articlespublishing original research articles in EnglishLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Preprints
- Open access
Open access, no fees, CC BY 4.0, copyright retained by authors. Model summary
Authors pay no open-access fees and retain copyright under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use provided the original author and source are credited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Descriptions of new taxa normally not considered unless part of a phylogenetic study or revision of a larger group that is the main focus of the manuscript. Model summary
Descriptions of new taxa will normally not be considered unless they are part of the results of a phylogenetic study or revision of a larger group, and that study or revision is the main focus of the manuscript.
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
- Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0511-9618
- Print ISSN
- 1868-6397
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Willdenowia
What CAS zone is Willdenowia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Willdenowia is in Zone 2 of Biology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Willdenowia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.57; CiteScore 3, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Willdenowia?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Willdenowia based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (3), United States (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Willdenowia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Willdenowia is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Willdenowia open access, and what is the APC?
Willdenowia is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .