Edinburgh Journal of Botany
{{short description|Academic journal}}
{{Infobox journal
| title = Edinburgh Journal of Botany
| formernames = Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
| cover = Journal_cover_of_volume_82_(2025)_of_the_Edinburgh_Journal_of_Botany,_celebrating_125_years_of_publishing_plant_science.jpg
| discipline = Botany
| abbreviation = Edinb. J. Bot.
| editor = Peter Wilkie
| language = English
| publisher = Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
| country = Scotland
| history = 1900
| frequency = Annual
| impact =
| impact-year =
| openaccess = Yes
| license = Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
| website = https://journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb/index
| link1 =
| link1-name =
| link2 =
| link2-name = Online archive
| ISSN = 0960-4286
| eISSN = 1474-0036
| OCLC = 21684344
| CODEN =
| LCCN = 90648365
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany is an annual peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The scope of the journal is plant systematics and related subjects, including biodiversity, conservation science and phytogeography.
The journal adopted a diamond open access mode of publishing, using the Creative Commons Attribution License for published works since volume 78 (2021).{{Cite journal|title=EDITORIAL: MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF BOTANY|year = 2021|journal=Edinburgh Journal of Botany|doi = 10.24823/EJB.2021.321|last1 = Wilkie|first1 = Peter|doi-access = free}}
Publication History
For most of its history, the journal was published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), until 1995 when it changed to Cambridge University Press.{{Cite journal|title=Announcement|year = 1994|journal=Edinburgh Journal of Botany|doi = 10.1017/S0960428600000901|last1 = Coppins|first1 = B.J.|doi-access = free}} Then in 2021 it changed again to the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh’s journal-hosting service.
Notable editors-in-chief of the journal over the years have included: Isaac Bayley Balfour, William Wright Smith, B.L. Burtt, Ian Charleson Hedge, James Alexander Ratter, Brian John Coppins, John Albert Raven, and Mark Fleming Newman.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- AGRICOLA{{cite web |url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/files/page-files/jia.csv|title=CSV file journals list |publisher=USDA |accessdate=2025-04-15}}
- Biological Abstracts{{cite web |url=https://mjl.clarivate.com/journal-profile|title=Clarivate's Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate |accessdate=2025-04-15}}
- BIOSIS Previews
- EBSCO's Garden, Landscape and Horticulture Index{{cite web |url=https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/garden-landscape-horticulture-index|title=Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index |publisher=EBSCO |accessdate=2025-04-15}}
- EBSCO's STM Source{{cite web |url=https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/stm-source|title=STM Source |publisher=EBSCO |accessdate=2025-04-15}}
- OpenAlex{{cite web |url=https://openalex.org/sources/S115394524 |title=Edinburgh Journal of Botany |publisher=OpenAlex |accessdate=2025-04-15}}
- Scopus{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/17999 |title=Journal profile for Edinburgh Journal of Botany |publisher=Elsevier |work=Source Details |accessdate=2025-04-15}}
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See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb}}