The following is a list of notable botanical scientific journals.

General botany

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The following table is a list of scientific journals publishing articles on many areas of botany.

Journal Publisher Publication History Language Publication Frequency
Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae Polish Botanical Society 1923–present English 4 issues per year
Aliso Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden 1948–present English 2 issues per year
American Journal of Botany HighWire Press and the Botanical Society of America 1914–present English 12 issues per year
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid 1941–present Spanish and English 2 issues per year
Annals of Botany Oxford Journals 1887–present English 12 issues per year
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden Press 1914–present English 4 issues per year
Annual Review of Plant Biology Annual Reviews 1950–present English 1 issue per year
AoB Plants Oxford Journals 2009–present English Continuous, Online
Aquatic Botany Elsevier 1975–present English 6 issues per year
Arnoldia Harvard University 1911–present English 4 issues per year
Australian Journal of Botany CSIRO 1953–present English 8 issues per year
Australian Systematic Botany CSIRO 1988–present English 6 issues per year
Biologia Plantarum Czech Academy of Sciences 1959–present English 4 issues per year
Blumea ingentaconnect and National Herbarium of the Netherlands 1934–present English 3 issues per year
Blyttia Norwegian Botanical Association 1943–present Norwegian 4 issues per year
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society Wiley Online Library 1856–present English 12 issues per year
Botanisk Tidsskrift Danish Botanical Society 1866–1980 Danish, German, English, and French 4 issues per year
Botany National Research Council Canada 1929–present English 12 issues per year
Brittonia New York Botanical Garden Press 1931–present English 4 issues per year
The Bryologist American Bryological and Lichenological Society 1898–present English 4 issues per year
Caldasia National University of Colombia 1940–present Spanish and English 2 issues per year
Castanea Southern Appalachian Botanical Society 1936–present English 2 issues per year
Curtis's Botanical Magazine Wiley and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1787–present English 4 issues per year
Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Danish Botanical Society 1913–1980 Danish, English, French, and German Variable
Edinburgh Journal of Botany Cambridge University Press for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1954–present English 3 issues per year
Evansia American Bryological and Lichenological Society 1984–present English 4 issues per year
Harvard Papers in Botany Harvard University Herbaria 1989–present English 2 issues per year
International Journal of Plant Sciences University of Chicago Press 1875–present English 9 issues per year
Journal of Experimental Botany Oxford Journals for the Society for Experimental Biology 1950–present English 12 issues per year
Journal of Plant Physiology Elsevier 1909–present English Continuous, Online
Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society Torrey Botanical Society 1973–present English 4 issues per year
Kew Bulletin Springer Science+Business Media and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1887–present English 4 issues per year
New Journal of Botany Taylor & Francis and Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland 1949–2017 English 3 issues per year
New Phytologist Wiley-Blackwell and the New Phytologist Trust 1902–present English 16 issues per year
New Zealand Journal of Botany Royal Society of New Zealand 1963–present English 4 issues per year
Nordic Journal of Botany Wiley and Nordic Society Oikos 1981–present English 6 issues per year
Nuytsia Western Australian Herbarium 1970–present English 3 issues per year
Pakistan Journal of Botany Pakistan Botanical Society 1969–present English 6 issues per year
PhytoKeys Pensoft Publishers 2010–present English Continuous, Online
Phytotaxa Magnolia Press 2009–present English Continuous, Online
Phytochemistry Elsevier 1961–present English 12 issues per year
Plant Biology Wiley, German Society for Plant Sciences and Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands 1999–present English 6 issues per year
Plant Ecology & Diversity Taylor & Francis for Botanical Society of Scotland 2008–present English 4 issues per year
The Plant Journal Wiley-Blackwell and the Society for Experimental Biology 1991–present English 24 issues per year
Plant Physiology American Society of Plant Biologists 1926–present English 12 issues per year
Plant Science Elsevier 1973–present English 12 issues per year
Planta Springer Science+Business Media 1973–present English 12 issues per year
Portugaliae Acta Biologica University of Lisbon 1945–present English and Portuguese 1 volume per year
Preslia Czech Botanical Society 1914–present English 4 issues per year
Rhodora New England Botanical Society 1899–present English 4 issues per year
Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift Swedish Botanical Society 1907–present Swedish 5 issues per year
Systematic Botany American Society of Plant Taxonomists 1976–present English 4 issues per year
Taxon International Association for Plant Taxonomy 1951–present English 6 issues per year
Telopea National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust 1975–present English 1 issue per year
Willdenowia Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin 1895–present English 3 issues per year

Agronomy and horticulture

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The following table is a list of botany journals specialising in agronomy, including crop science and horticulture.

Journal Publisher Publication History Language Publication Frequency
Agronomie INRA and EDP Sciences 1981–2004 English and French 6 issues per year
Agronomy for Sustainable Development INRA and EDP Sciences 2005–present English 4 issues per year
Ceiba Escuela Agricola Panamericana 1950–present English ?
Crop Science (journal) The Crop Science Society of America 1961–present English 6 issues per year
Davidsonia UBC Botanical Garden 1970–present English 4 issues per year
Economic Botany Society for Economic Botany 1946–present English 4 issues per year
Hilgardia University of California, Berkeley 1925–1996 English 9 issues per year
Journal of Applied Horticulture Society for the Advancement of Horticulture 1999–present English 3 issues per year
Plant and Soil Springer Science+Business Media and the Royal Netherlands Society of Agricultural Science 1948–present English 12 volumes per year

Dendrology

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the following table is a list of journals that specialize in publishing articles on dendrology.

Journal Publisher Publication History Language Publication Frequency
Canadian Journal of Forest Research National Research Council Canada 1971–present English 12 issues per year

Plant pathology

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The following table is a list of botany journals specializing in plant pathology.

Journal Publisher Publication History Language Publication Frequency
Annual Review of Phytopathology Annual Reviews 1963–present English Once a year
Australasian Plant Pathology CSIRO 1972–present English 6 issues per year
Crop Protection Elsevier 1982–present English 12 issues per year
Molecular Plant Pathology Wiley-Blackwell and the British Society for Plant Pathology 2000–present English 6 issues per year
Phytopathologia Mediterranea Firenze University Press and Mediterranean Phytopathological Union 1967–present English 3 issues per year
Phytopathology American Phytopathological Society 1910–present English 12 issues per year
Plant Pathology Wiley-Blackwell and the British Society for Plant Pathology 1952–present English 6 issues per year

Review journals

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The following table is a list of botany journals that contain collections of review papers about general plant science.

Journal Publisher Publication History Language Publication Frequency
Annual Review of Plant Biology Annual Reviews 1950–present English 1 volume per year
Current Opinion in Plant Biology Elsevier 1998–present English 6 issues per year
Trends in Plant Science Cell Press 1996–present English 12 issues per year