AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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Journal Title

AM J BOT

ISSN / eISSN

0002-9122 / 1537-2197

Aims and Scope

The American Journal of Botany (AJB), the flagship journal of the Botanical Society of America (BSA), publishes peer-reviewed, innovative, significant research of interest to a wide audience of plant scientists in all areas of plant biology (structure, function, development, diversity, genetics, evolution, systematics), all levels of organization (molecular to ecosystem), and all plant groups and allied organisms (cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, and lichens). AJB requires authors to frame their research questions and discuss their results in terms of major questions of plant biology. In general, papers that are too narrowly focused, purely descriptive, natural history, broad surveys, or that contain only preliminary data will not be considered.

Subject Area

PLANT SCIENCES

CiteScore

4.90

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CiteScore Ranking

Category	Quartile	Rank
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	Q1	#159/721
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Plant Science	Q1	#124/516
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Genetics	Q3	#178/347

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Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
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Category (Journal Citation Reports 2024)	Quartile
PLANT SCIENCES	Q2

H-index

136

Country/Area of Publication

UNITED STATES

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Publication Frequency

Monthly

Year Publication Started

1914

Annual Article Volume

139

Open Access

Contact

BOTANICAL SOC AMER INC, PO BOX 299, ST LOUIS, USA, MO, 63166-0299

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Classic journals in the field of botany, with a history of over a hundred years, publish approximately 150 articles per year. The rejection rate is around 80-85%. The initial review process is relatively fast, with feedback for major revisions provided within two to three months. After submitting the revised manuscript, minor revisions are typically requested within a month. It takes another month for the revised manuscript to be accepted. The publication process is slow, with online publication occurring six months after acceptance. Both the editor-in-chief and the associate editor encountered during the submission process were very helpful. The overall communication throughout the submission process was very pleasant.

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