Economic Botany

Aims & Scope

Economic Botany is a quarterly journal published by The New York Botanical Garden for the Society for Economic Botany.

Interdisciplinary in scope, Economic Botany bridges the gap between pure and applied botany by focusing on the uses of plants by people.

The foremost publication of its kind in this field, Economic Botany documents the rich relationship between plants and people around the world, encompassing the past, present, and potential uses of plants.

Each issue contains original research articles, review articles, book reviews, annotated bibliographies, and notes on economic plants.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.362

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	82

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14816

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	135

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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• Cultural Importance Indices: A Comparative Analysis Based on the Useful Wild Plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain)1

  Citation: 655

  Authors: Javier, Manuel

• The useful plants of Tambopata, Peru: I. Statistical hypotheses tests with a new quantitative technique

  Citation: 597

  Authors: Oliver, Alwyn H.

• Races of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, Fabaceae) | Razas de Fríjol Común (Phaseolus vulgaris, Fabaceae)

  Citation: 524

  Authors: Shree P., Paul, Daniel G.

• Phaseolin-protein Variability in Wild Forms and Landraces of the Common Bean(Phaseolus vulgaris): Evidence for Multiple Centers of Domestication

  Citation: 378

  Authors: P., T. C., K., F. A.

• Introduced plants in the indigenous Pharmacopoeia of Northern South America

  Citation: 347

  Authors: Bradley C., Ghillean T.

• The useful plants of Tambopata, Peru: II. Additional hypothesis testing in quantitative ethnobotany

  Citation: 325

  Authors: Oliver, Alwyn H.

• 1492 and the loss of amazonian crop genetic resources. I. The relation between domestication and human population decline | 1492 e a Perda dos Recursos Genéticos da Amazônia. I. A Relação entre Domesticação e o Declínio das Populações Humanas

  Citation: 318

  Authors: Charles R.

• Crop mimicry in weeds

  Citation: 315

  Authors: Spencer H.

• On the domestication of the soybean

  Citation: 305

  Authors: T.

• Drumstick (Moringa oleifera): A multipurpose Indian vegetable

  Citation: 290

  Authors: C., K. V., P. K.

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