Folia Geobotanica

Aims & Scope

The journal Folia Geobotanica publishes articles in vegetation science, plant ecology and plant systematics, including the topics of temporal community patterns, population and ecosystem ecology, and invasion and conservation ecology.

Within the field of plant systematics, Folia Geobotanica welcomes papers on systematic and evolutionary botany, including phylogenetic reconstructions, phylogeographic and biogeographic inferences, studies of microevolutionary processes, taxonomic studies, and broader taxonomic revisions.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	1.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.303

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	54

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16545

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	59

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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 and Earth and Planetary 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.

• Indicative value ofPediastrum and other coccal green algae in palaeoecology

  Citation: 230

  Authors: Vlasta, Jiří

• The calcareous riddle: Why are there so many calciphilous species in the Central European flora?

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Jörg

• Species richness of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in dry grasslands: The effects of environment, landscape structure and competition

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Swantje, Jürgen, Carsten

• Local and regional patterns of species richness in Central European vegetation types along the pH/calcium gradient

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Milan, Lubomír, Jan

• Impacts of Land Abandonment on Vegetation: Successional Pathways in European Habitats

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Bernard, Loek, Markus, Michaela, Wolfgang, Maurice, Jan, Andreas, Daniel, Jutta, Stephan, Roland

• BIOPOP — A database of plant traits and internet application for nature conservation

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Peter, Michael, Anne-Kathrin, Andrea, O.

• Vegetation dynamics in central european forest ecosystems (near-natural as well as managed) after storm events

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Anton, Marcus, Clemens, Petra

• Environmental Factors Influencing Coastal Vegetation Pattern: New Insights from the Mediterranean Basin

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Giuseppe, Marta, Alicia T. R., Gianluigi

• An account of the species ofPotamogeton L. (Potamogetonaceae)

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Gerhard, Zdeněk

• Spring fen vegetation and water chemistry in the Western Carpathian flysch zone

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Michal, Petr, Petra

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