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Iranian Journal of Botany is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.7), DOAJ. Published by Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran.
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ISSN 1029-788XVerify ISSN ↗2383-1685Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology | 428 / 491 | 12th | Q4 |
| Plant Science | 485 / 541 | 10th | Q4 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 666 / 736 | 9th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.7.
Iranian Journal of Botany is Q4 in Ecology (rank 428 of 491), Q4 in Plant Science (rank 485 of 541) and Q4 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 666 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Iranian Journal of Botany is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q4, 12th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.221, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 6.
Iranian Journal of Botany is published by Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran. Its print ISSN is 1029-788X and its online ISSN is 2383-1685.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Iranian Journal of Botany has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #426 of 469 Scopus journals in Ecology.
Iranian Journal of Botany published 14 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 28. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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