Alpine Botany

Aims & Scope

Alpine Botany is an international journal providing a forum for plant science studies at high elevation with links to fungal and microbial ecology, including vegetation and flora of mountain regions worldwide.

Alpine Botany publishes original contributions and reviews on biogeography, biosystematics, evolutionary biology, population biology, ecophysiology, functional ecology of vegetation, flora as well as symbiotic associations.

We also welcome studies on fungi, mosses and lichens and plant-animal interactions.

We aim at contributions that explore plant biological phenomena in order to understand functionally ongoing ecological, evolutionary or physiological processes.

Descriptive or applied studies are acceptable, provided that clear research questions are addressed and that findings are presented in a context fitting the scope of the journal.

Articles must be relevant for an international readership.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6552

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	163

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.820

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A definition of mountains and their bioclimatic belts for global comparisons of biodiversity data

  Citation: 287

  Authors: Christian, Jens, Eva M.

• A global inventory of mountains for bio-geographical applications

  Citation: 259

  Authors: Christian, Walter, Jens, Davnah, Katrin, Eva

• A climate-based model to predict potential treeline position around the globe

  Citation: 238

  Authors: Jens, Christian

• Plant invasions into mountains and alpine ecosystems: current status and future challenges

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Jake M., Jonas J., Lohengrin A., Curtis, Sylvia, Christoph, Gang, Keith, Ann, Aníbal, Lisa J., Tim

• Coldest places on earth with angiosperm plant life

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Christian

• Specific leaf area correlates with temperature: new evidence of trait variation at the population, species and community levels

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Sergey, Christine, Peter

• 1914–2014: A revised worldwide catalogue of cushion plants 100 years after Hauri and Schröter

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Serge, Florian, Sébastien, Julien, Philippe

• Species richness, endemism and species composition in the tropical Afroalpine flora

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Berit, H. P.

• Precipitation and species composition primarily determine the diversity–productivity relationship of alpine grasslands on the Northern Tibetan Plateau

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Jianshuang, Zhenxi, Xianzhou

• Plasticity of flower longevity in alpine plants is increased in populations from high elevation compared to low elevation populations

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Judith, Jürg

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