Annals of Botany

Annals of Botany is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press for the Annals of Botany Company that covers all areas of plant science, founded in 1887, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.1《植物学纪事》（Annals of Botany）是由牛津大学出版社代表植物学纪事公司出版的月刊同行评审期刊，涵盖植物科学的各个领域，1887 年创刊，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.1。

Scope

• It covers all areas of plant science该刊涵盖植物科学的各个领域。
• Topics include plant physiology, development and cell biology主题包括植物生理学、发育与细胞生物学。
• Molecular biology, genetics and genomics are included涵盖分子生物学、遗传学与基因组学。
• Ecology, reproduction and plant-environment interactions are studied研究生态学、繁殖与植物—环境相互作用。
• Biodiversity, conservation and systematics are covered涵盖生物多样性、保护与系统学。
• It publishes research articles, brief communications, reviews and methodological papers该刊发表研究论文、简报、综述与方法学论文。
• It serves botanists and plant scientists worldwide该刊服务于全球的植物学家与植物科学工作者。

History

• Annals of Botany was founded in 1887 and is one of the oldest continuously published botanical journals《植物学纪事》创办于 1887 年，是连续出版历史最悠久的植物学期刊之一。
• It is owned and managed by the Annals of Botany Company, a non-profit educational charity, and published by Oxford University Press该刊由非营利教育慈善机构植物学纪事公司所有并管理，由牛津大学出版社出版。
• It appears monthly in print and electronic form, with at least two additional themed issues each year该刊每月以纸质与电子形式出版，并每年至少增出两期专题特刊。
• It follows a hybrid open access model under the Oxford Open initiative, with subscription publication and an open access option for authors该刊在（Oxford Open）计划下采用混合开放获取模式，以订阅方式出版，同时为作者提供开放获取选项。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 4.357 in 2021, 5.04 in 2022, 3.6 in 2024 and 4.1 in 2025其期刊影响因子为 2021 年的 4.357、2022 年的 5.04、2024 年的 3.6，2025 年为 4.1。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus and PubMed该刊被科学引文索引扩展版、Scopus 与 PubMed 收录。
• Its print ISSN is 0305-7364 and its electronic ISSN is 1095-8290其印刷刊号为 0305-7364，电子刊号为 1095-8290。
• It publishes original research papers, brief communications, reviews and methodological papers across plant science该刊发表横跨植物科学的原创研究论文、简报、综述与方法学论文。
• The journal has published continuously since the nineteenth century and remains a general botanical journal rather than a specialist title该刊自十九世纪以来持续出版，至今仍是一本综合性植物学期刊而非专科刊物。
• Its themed issues focus on particular areas of plant biology and complement the regular monthly issues其专题特刊聚焦植物生物学的特定领域，对常规月刊形成补充。

Editors

• The Chief Editor is Rowan Sage of the University of Toronto in Canada现任主编为（Rowan Sage），任职于加拿大多伦多大学。
• His research concerns plant ecophysiology, photosynthetic adaptation and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis其研究涉及植物生态生理学、光合适应以及碳四光合作用的演化。
• An international editorial board supports the chief editor and covers the journal's botanical subfields国际编委会协助主编工作，并覆盖该刊的植物学各分支领域。
• Manuscripts undergo peer review before acceptance稿件在接受前须经过同行评审。
• Reviewers assess novelty, the rigour of the experimental work and the breadth of interest to plant scientists审稿人评估新颖性、实验工作的严谨性，以及对植物科学工作者的广泛意义。
• The journal publishes research articles, brief communications, reviews and methodological papers该刊发表研究论文、简报、综述与方法学论文。
• Themed issues are organised with guest editors who commission and review contributions in their area专题特刊由客座编辑组织，负责其领域内的约稿与评审。
• The Annals of Botany Company oversees the journal's finances and editorial independence as a non-profit charity植物学纪事公司作为非营利慈善机构，监督该刊的财务与编辑独立性。
• The editorial team serves botanists, ecologists and plant scientists in universities, botanical gardens and research institutes编辑团队服务于高校、植物园与研究所的植物学家、生态学家与植物科学工作者。
• It maintains a general botanical remit, publishing work from molecular to ecosystem scales该刊保持综合性植物学定位，发表从分子到生态系统尺度的研究。