Journal metric profile

BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 112/273 Recorded category rank

BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.200, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 112 out of 273 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 5,804 total citations, 85 total articles, 92 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.200, which is equal to the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.600.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 11.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 14.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0024-4074 and electronic ISSN 1095-8339. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameBOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
Abbreviated journalBOT J LINN SOC
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,420
ISSN0024-4074
eISSN1095-8339
Total cites5,804
Total articles85
Citable items92
Cited half-life11.4 years
Citing half-life14.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.200
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.600
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank112/273
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY is 2.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY?

BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY?

BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY is listed as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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