Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Aims & Scope

The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society (until 1997 the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club), the oldest botanical journal in the Americas, has as its primary goal the dissemination of scientific knowledge about plants (including thallopyhtes and fungi).

It publishes basic research in all areas of plant biology, except horticulture, with an emphasis on research done in, and about plants of, the Western Hemisphere.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18278

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	45

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.258

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	52

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, 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.

• Forest Response to the Introduced Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Southern New England, USA

  Citation: 331

  Authors: David A., David R.

• Pteridosperms are the backbone of seed-plant phylogeny¹

  Citation: 263

  Authors: Jason, Richard M.

• Plant Phenology And Distribution In Relation To Recent Climate Change

  Citation: 252

  Authors: Robert I.

• Evolution and origin of the Central Grassland of North America: climate, fire, and mammalian grazers¹

  Citation: 240

  Authors: Roger C.

• Seed ferns and the origin of angiosperms

  Citation: 212

  Authors: James A.

• Invasion of an Old-Growth Forest in New York by Ailanthus altissima: Sapling Growth and Recruitment in Canopy Gaps

  Citation: 150

  Authors: Liza B., Charles D.

• Single and Repeated Fires Affect Survival and Regeneration of Woody and Herbaceous Species in an Oak-Pine Forest

  Citation: 114

  Authors: M. A., R. D., B. A.

• Life History of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae), an Invasive Grass in Southern Illinois

  Citation: 106

  Authors: David J., Greg, Jennifer

• Fire and persistence of montane chaparral in mixed conifer forest landscapes in the northern Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe Basin, California, USA¹

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Thomas A., Alan H.

• Leaf phenology and freeze tolerance of the invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle and potential native competitors

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Ryan W., M. Keith, Angela, Mary A.

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