List of botany journals

The following is a list of notable botanical scientific journals.

General botany edit

The following table is a list of scientific journals publishing articles on many areas of botany.

JournalPublisherPublication HistoryLanguagePublication Frequency
Acta Societatis Botanicorum PoloniaePolish Botanical Society1923–presentEnglish4 issues per year
AlisoRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden1948–presentEnglish2 issues per year
American Journal of BotanyHighWire Press and the Botanical Society of America1914–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Anales del Jardín Botánico de MadridReal Jardín Botánico de Madrid1941–presentSpanish and English2 issues per year
Annals of BotanyOxford Journals1887–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenMissouri Botanical Garden Press1914–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Annual Review of Plant BiologyAnnual Reviews1950–presentEnglish1 issue per year
AoB PlantsOxford Journals2009–presentEnglishContinuous, Online
Aquatic BotanyElsevier1975–presentEnglish6 issues per year
ArnoldiaHarvard University1911–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Australian Journal of BotanyCSIRO1953–presentEnglish8 issues per year
Australian Systematic BotanyCSIRO1988–presentEnglish6 issues per year
Biologia PlantarumCzech Academy of Sciences1959–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Blumeaingentaconnect and National Herbarium of the Netherlands1934–presentEnglish3 issues per year
BlyttiaNorwegian Botanical Association1943–presentNorwegian4 issues per year
Botanical Journal of the Linnean SocietyWiley Online Library1856–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Botanisk TidsskriftDanish Botanical Society1866–1980Danish, German, English, and French4 issues per year
BotanyNational Research Council Canada1929–presentEnglish12 issues per year
BrittoniaNew York Botanical Garden Press1931–presentEnglish4 issues per year
The BryologistAmerican Bryological and Lichenological Society1898–presentEnglish4 issues per year
CaldasiaNational University of Colombia1940–presentSpanish and English2 issues per year
CastaneaSouthern Appalachian Botanical Society1936–presentEnglish2 issues per year
Curtis's Botanical MagazineWiley and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew1787–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Dansk Botanisk ArkivDanish Botanical Society1913–1980Danish, English, French, and GermanVariable
Edinburgh Journal of BotanyCambridge University Press for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh1954–presentEnglish3 issues per year
EvansiaAmerican Bryological and Lichenological Society1984–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Harvard Papers in BotanyHarvard University Herbaria1989–presentEnglish2 issues per year
International Journal of Plant SciencesUniversity of Chicago Press1875–presentEnglish9 issues per year
Journal of Experimental BotanyOxford Journals for the Society for Experimental Biology1950–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Journal of Plant PhysiologyElsevier1909–presentEnglishContinuous, Online
Journal of the Torrey Botanical SocietyTorrey Botanical Society1973–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Kew BulletinSpringer Science+Business Media and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew1887–presentEnglish4 issues per year
New Journal of BotanyTaylor & Francis and Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland1949–2017English3 issues per year
New PhytologistWiley-Blackwell and the New Phytologist Trust1902–presentEnglish16 issues per year
New Zealand Journal of BotanyRoyal Society of New Zealand1963–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Nordic Journal of BotanyWiley and Nordic Society Oikos1981–presentEnglish6 issues per year
NuytsiaWestern Australian Herbarium1970–presentEnglish3 issues per year
Pakistan Journal of BotanyPakistan Botanical Society1969–presentEnglish6 issues per year
PhytoKeysPensoft Publishers2010–presentEnglishContinuous, Online
PhytotaxaMagnolia Press2009–presentEnglishContinuous, Online
PhytochemistryElsevier1961–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Plant BiologyWiley, German Society for Plant Sciences and Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands1999–presentEnglish6 issues per year
Plant Ecology & DiversityTaylor & Francis for Botanical Society of Scotland2008–presentEnglish4 issues per year
The Plant JournalWiley-Blackwell and the Society for Experimental Biology1991–presentEnglish24 issues per year
Plant PhysiologyAmerican Society of Plant Biologists1926–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Plant ScienceElsevier1973–presentEnglish12 issues per year
PlantaSpringer Science+Business Media1973–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Portugaliae Acta BiologicaUniversity of Lisbon1945–presentEnglish and Portuguese1 volume per year
PresliaCzech Botanical Society1914–presentEnglish4 issues per year
RhodoraNew England Botanical Society1899–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Svensk Botanisk TidskriftSwedish Botanical Society1907–presentSwedish5 issues per year
Systematic BotanyAmerican Society of Plant Taxonomists1976–presentEnglish4 issues per year
TaxonInternational Association for Plant Taxonomy1951–presentEnglish6 issues per year
TelopeaNational Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust1975–presentEnglish1 issue per year
WilldenowiaBotanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin1895–presentEnglish3 issues per year

Agronomy and horticulture edit

The following table is a list of botany journals specialising in agronomy, including crop science and horticulture.

JournalPublisherPublication HistoryLanguagePublication Frequency
AgronomieINRA and EDP Sciences1981–2004English and French6 issues per year
Agronomy for Sustainable DevelopmentINRA and EDP Sciences2005–presentEnglish4 issues per year
CeibaEscuela Agricola Panamericana1950–presentEnglish?
Crop Science (journal)The Crop Science Society of America1961–presentEnglish6 issues per year
DavidsoniaUBC Botanical Garden1970–presentEnglish4 issues per year
Economic BotanySociety for Economic Botany1946–presentEnglish4 issues per year
HilgardiaUniversity of California, Berkeley1925–1996English9 issues per year
Journal of Applied HorticultureSociety for the Advancement of Horticulture1999–presentEnglish3 issues per year
Plant and SoilSpringer Science+Business Media and the Royal Netherlands Society of Agricultural Science1948–presentEnglish12 volumes per year

Dendrology edit

the following table is a list of journals that specialize in publishing articles on dendrology.

JournalPublisherPublication HistoryLanguagePublication Frequency
Canadian Journal of Forest ResearchNational Research Council Canada1971–presentEnglish12 issues per year

Plant pathology edit

The following table is a list of botany journals specializing in plant pathology.

JournalPublisherPublication HistoryLanguagePublication Frequency
Annual Review of PhytopathologyAnnual Reviews1963–presentEnglishOnce a year
Australasian Plant PathologyCSIRO1972–presentEnglish6 issues per year
Crop ProtectionElsevier1982–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Molecular Plant PathologyWiley-Blackwell and the British Society for Plant Pathology2000–presentEnglish6 issues per year
Phytopathologia MediterraneaFirenze University Press and Mediterranean Phytopathological Union1967–presentEnglish3 issues per year
PhytopathologyAmerican Phytopathological Society1910–presentEnglish12 issues per year
Plant PathologyWiley-Blackwell and the British Society for Plant Pathology1952–presentEnglish6 issues per year

Review journals edit

The following table is a list of botany journals that contain collections of review papers about general plant science.

JournalPublisherPublication HistoryLanguagePublication Frequency
Annual Review of Plant BiologyAnnual Reviews1950–presentEnglish1 volume per year
Current Opinion in Plant BiologyElsevier1998–presentEnglish6 issues per year
Trends in Plant ScienceCell Press1996–presentEnglish12 issues per year