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Q3

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

United KingdomEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q3); Plant Science (Q3)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q3Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
34H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.351SJR (2025)
1990-2026Coverage

About Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Edinburgh Journal of Botany is a scholarly journal published by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q3, with an SJR of 0.351 and H-index of 34.

Coverage: 1990-2026. Research categories: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q3); Plant Science (Q3).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-06-30. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processEditorial review, Anonymous peer review
APCNo APC reported in the DOAJ snapshot
Waiver policy reportedNo
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationLOCKSS, PKP PN, A permanent archive of the journal is held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for purposes of preservation and restoration.
Reported submission-to-publication time51 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2021 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0960-4286, 1474-0036
ISSN-L0960-4286
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,222
Citations recorded in OpenAlex11,805
OpenAlex H-index42
Years represented in OpenAlex1976–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Plant Diversity and Evolution; Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions; Plant and animal studies; Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies; Plant Parasitism and Resistance; Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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