Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Aims & Scope

The Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden is a quarterly international journal primarily devoted to systematic botany and evolutionary biology.

We encourage submissions of original papers dealing with significant advances in the taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, paleobiology, and evolution of plants, and in conservation genetics and biology, restoration ecology, and ethnobiology, using morphological and/or molecular characters, field observations, and/or database information.

We also welcome reviews and papers on conceptual issues and new methodologies in systematics.

Important floristic works will also be considered.

Symposium proceedings discussing a broader range of topical biological subjects are also published, typically once a year.

All manuscripts are peer-reviewed by qualified and independent reviewers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.346

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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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.

• Phylogenetics of Seed Plants: An Analysis of Nucleotide Sequences from the Plastid Gene rbcL

  Citation: 1402

  Authors: Mark W., Douglas E., Richard G., David, Donald H., Brent D., Melvin R., Robert A., Harold G., Yin-Long, Kathleen A., Jeffrey H., Elena, Jeffrey D., James R., Kenneth J., Helen J., W. John, Kenneth G., W. Dennis, Mikael, Brandon S., Robert K., Ki-Joong, Charles F., James F., Glenn R., Steven H., Qui-Yun, Gregory M., Pamela S., Susan M., Stephen E., Paul A., Christopher J., Luis E., Edward, Gerald H., Sean W., Spencer C. H., Selvadurai, Victor A.

• The its Region of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA: A Valuable Source of Evidence on Angiosperm Phylogeny

  Citation: 1219

  Authors: Bruce G., Michael J., J. Mark, Martin F., Christopher S., Michael J.

• Changes in Plant Community Diversity and Floristic Composition on Environmental and Geographical Gradients

  Citation: 1201

  Authors: Alwyn H.

• The Global 200: Priority Ecoregions for Global Conservation

  Citation: 1057

  Authors: David M., Eric

• An Ordinal Classification for the Families of Flowering Plants

  Citation: 1035

  Authors:

• Angiosperm Biogeography and Past Continental Movements

  Citation: 916

  Authors: Peter H., Daniel I.

• Hot-Spots Analysis for Conservation of Plant Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin

  Citation: 779

  Authors: Frederic, Pierre

• Neotropical Floristic Diversity: Phytogeographical Connections Between Central and South America, Pleistocene Climatic Fluctuations, or an Accident of the Andean Orogeny?

  Citation: 642

  Authors: Alwyn H.

• Phylogeny and Subfamilial Classification of the Grasses (Poaceae)

  Citation: 595

  Authors: Grass Phylogeny Working, Nigel P., Lynn G., Jerrold I., Melvin R., Gerald F., Catherine, Elizabeth A., H. Peter

• Patterns of Species Distributions in the Dry Seasonal Forests of South America

  Citation: 562

  Authors: Darien E., Peter E.

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