Botanical Studies

Botanical Studies is an open access journal published by Springer and affiliated with the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. It covers all aspects of botany, it traces its line back to 1947, and its 2025 impact factor is 3.3.《植物学研究》是施普林格出版的开放获取期刊，隶属于台湾中央研究院植物暨微生物学研究所。该刊覆盖植物学的各个方面，其脉络可追溯到 1947 年，2025 年影响因子为 3.3。

Scope

• The journal takes high quality articles across a wide range of plant biology, so its subject is botany in the broadest sense.该刊接收植物生物学广泛范围内的高质量文章，因此其主题是最广义的植物学。

• Plant morphology is named, so a study may describe the form of an organ and the way it develops.植物形态学被列出，因此一项研究可以描述某一器官的形态及其发育方式。

• Development is taken as a subject, and the path from a cell to a tissue is followed in its pages.发育被当作选题接收，从细胞到组织的路径在其版面中得到追踪。

• Genetics is covered, because the inheritance of a trait explains much of what a plant does.遗传学也在覆盖之列，因为性状的遗传解释了植物的许多表现。

• Evolution is a named theme, so work on how lineages diverge has a place.演化是一个列出的主题，因此关于谱系如何分化的研究有其位置。

• Reproduction is studied, from pollination to the formation of a seed.繁殖受到研究，从传粉到种子的形成。

• Systematics and taxonomy appear among the subjects, and a new species may be described in the journal.系统学与分类学出现在选题之中，新种可以在该刊被描述。

• The biodiversity of all plant groups is named, which brings the whole range of land plants within reach.所有植物类群的生物多样性被列出，这把陆地植物的整个范围纳入其中。

• Algae are covered as well, since these organisms are studied with the same methods as higher plants.藻类也在覆盖之列，因为这些生物以与高等植物相同的方法研究。

• Fungi are named among the groups the journal takes, and their biology is treated beside that of plants.真菌被列为该刊所接收的类群之一，其生物学与植物的并列处理。

• Molecular work is accepted, and a paper may rest on the sequence of a gene.分子层面的工作会被接收，论文可以依托某一基因的序列。

• Ecological studies are taken, since a plant is understood in part through its setting.生态学研究会被接收，因为对植物的理解有一部分来自其所处环境。

• Palaeoecological and palaeobotanical findings appear, which tie the living flora to its past.古生态学与古植物学的发现出现于该刊，这把现生植物区系与其过去联系起来。

• The journal prints work on the classification of a genus as well as on the biology of a single species, so a reader may move from the particular to the general within one volume.该刊既刊载某一属的分类工作，也刊载单一物种的生物学，因此读者可在同一卷中从个别走向一般。

• Studies that combine field observation with laboratory work are welcome, since a plant is understood best when it is seen both where it grows and under the microscope.把野外观察与实验室工作结合的研究受到欢迎，因为当一株植物既在其生长之处又被置于显微镜下时，才能被最好地理解。

• The journal takes papers on the reproductive biology of a group, and a study may follow pollination through to the dispersal of a seed.该刊接收某一类群繁殖生物学方面的论文，研究可以跟踪从传粉到种子传播的过程。

• Work on the genetics of a population is accepted, and the authors are asked to deposit the sequences they report.群体遗传学方面的工作会被接收，作者被要求提交其所报告的序列。

• A paper may describe a new species, provided the account meets the rules that govern botanical nomenclature.论文可以描述一个新种，只要该记述符合管辖植物命名法的规则。

• The journal covers the biology of algae, which are studied for their own sake as well as for the products they yield.该刊覆盖藻类的生物学，对它们的研究既出于其自身，也出于它们所提供的产物。

• Fungal biology is taken as a subject, since the journal treats fungi beside plants rather than apart from them.真菌生物学被当作选题接收，因为该刊把真菌置于植物之旁而非其外。

• The journal publishes work on how a plant responds to stress, whether the stress comes from drought, from salt or from a pathogen.该刊发表植物如何应答胁迫的研究，无论胁迫来自干旱，盐分或病原体。

• A study of an invasive plant is taken, and a paper may ask how a species spreads after it reaches a new range.入侵植物的研究会被接收，论文可以追问一个物种在到达新分布区后如何扩散。

• The journal accepts molecular phylogenies, so the shape of a family tree may be redrawn from sequence data.该刊接收分子系统发育研究，因此一棵系统树的形状可依序列数据被重绘。

• Economic botany appears among its interests, and a paper may examine the use that people make of a plant.经济植物学出现在其关注之中，论文可以考察人们对某种植物的利用。

• The journal takes reviews that gather what is known of a group, since such a survey serves the field as well as the authors.该刊接收汇集某一类群已知知识的综述，因为这样的综述既服务于领域也服务于作者。

• The journal takes work on the anatomy of a root or a stem, since the internal structure often explains how a plant survives a hard season.该刊接收根或茎的解剖学工作，因为内部结构常能解释植物如何度过艰难的季节。

• Seed biology is covered, and a paper may study how long a seed stays able to germinate.种子生物学也在覆盖之列，论文可以研究种子能保持可萌发状态多久。

• The journal prints work on chromosome numbers and on the evolution of a karyotype.该刊刊载染色体数目与核型演化方面的工作。

• A study of a medicinal plant is taken when the account rests on evidence rather than on tradition alone.药用植物的研究在该记述依据证据而非仅依据传统时会被接收。

• The journal takes work on the flora of a region, so a checklist of the plants of an area may appear in it.该刊接收某一地区的植物区系工作，因此某一区域的植物名录可以在其中发表。

• Papers on the interaction between a plant and its pollinator are welcome, since the relationship is often specialised.植物与其传粉者相互作用方面的论文受到欢迎，因为这种关系常常是专性的。

History

• The journal began in 1947 under the name Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica.该刊于 1947 年以《中央研究院植物学汇刊》之名创办。

• It took its present title in 2006, when the publisher changed.该刊在 2006 年改用现名，当年出版方也发生变更。

• It is affiliated with the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology at Academia Sinica in Taiwan.该刊隶属于台湾中央研究院植物暨微生物学研究所。

• It is published by Springer, and it appears through the open access programme of that house.该刊由施普林格出版，并经由该社的开放获取计划发行。

• Four issues appear in a year, so the title is quarterly.该刊每年出版四期，因此为季刊。

• The print number is 1817-406X and the electronic number 1999-3110.其印本刊号为 1817-406X，电子刊号为 1999-3110。

• Every article is free to read on the day it appears, since the journal is open access.每篇文章在发表当天即可免费阅读，因为该刊是开放获取的。

• Articles carry a Creative Commons attribution licence, so a text may be reused with credit.文章带有知识共享署名许可，因此文本可在署名后复用。

• Its impact factor was 4.1 for 2023 and 3.3 for 2025, with a five-year figure of 4.2.其影响因子 2023 年为 4.1，2025 年为 3.3，五年影响因子为 4.2。

• The journal reports a median of fifteen days from submission to a first decision.该刊报告投稿至首次决定的中位数为十五天。

• It recorded 513000 downloads in 2025, which shows a readership beyond its authors.该刊 2025 年记录到 513000 次下载，说明其读者超出作者群。

• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and in Scopus.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录。

• Biological Abstracts and BIOSIS Previews carry it, and Chemical Abstracts lists its record.Biological Abstracts 与 BIOSIS Previews 载有该刊，Chemical Abstracts 也列出其记录。

• Current Contents lists the title under agriculture, biology and environmental sciences.Current Contents 在农业，生物学与环境科学之下列出该刊。

Editors

• (Yu-Ming Ju) is the editor-in-chief of the journal.（Yu-Ming Ju）是该刊主编。

• The journal is served by an established editorial board, and the members cover the plant groups it publishes.该刊由一个成熟的编委会服务，成员覆盖其所发表的植物类群。

• The editor works from the institute to which the journal is affiliated.主编在期刊所隶属的研究所工作。

• An author is promised a quick editorial decision, which the publisher states on the journal's pages.作者得到快速编辑决定的承诺，出版方在该刊页面上如此说明。

• A manuscript is read by reviewers who work on the group it concerns.稿件由研究其所属类群的评审人阅读。

• The board draws on botanists from several countries, so the journal is not tied to a single school.编委会吸纳多国的植物学家，因此该刊不系于单一学派。

• The editors state that a study of any plant group is welcome, provided the work is sound.编辑声明，任何植物类群的研究都受欢迎，只要工作扎实。

• The journal office handles correspondence while a paper is under review.稿件评审期间，该刊办公室处理通信。

• A submission is judged on the evidence it presents rather than on the fame of the group it studies.投稿据其提出的证据评判，而不据其所研究对象的名气。