Scopus indexed Botany journals

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Scopus is currently indexing nearly 36,377 journals from approximately 11,678 publishers. In this blog post, we will be listing Scopus-indexed botany journals.

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There are more than 500 Scopus indexed journals that publish botany related research. However, we are listing the top 40 Scopus indexed botany journals. More botany journals can be found at https://phdtalks.org/journal-finder.php

Top 40 Scopus indexed botany Journals

S. No.	Journal Title	Publisher	Journal Scope	SJR
1	Nature Cell Biology	Nature Publishing Group	Cell Biology (Q1)	9.568
2	Molecular Cell	Cell Press	Cell Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)	9.541
3	Nature Reviews Methods Primers	Springer Nature	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	9.476
4	Genome Biology	BioMed Central Ltd.	Cell Biology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Genetics (Q1)	9.249
5	Nature Microbiology	Nature Publishing Group	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Microbiology (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1)	9.187
6	Cell Stem Cell	Cell Press	Cell Biology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1)	9.156
7	Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease	Annual Reviews Inc.	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)	8.628
8	Annual Review of Plant Biology	Annual Reviews Inc.	Cell Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Physiology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)	8.131
9	Cell Research	Nature Publishing Group	Cell Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)	8.06
10	Nature Structural and Molecular Biology	Nature Publishing Group	Molecular Biology (Q1); Structural Biology (Q1)	7.549
11	Cell Systems	Cell Press	Cell Biology (Q1); Histology (Q1); Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Q1)	7.112
12	Nature Metabolism	Springer Berlin	Cell Biology (Q1); Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q1); Internal Medicine (Q1); Physiology (medical) (Q1)	7.045
13	Annual Review of Biophysics	Annual Reviews Inc.	Biochemistry (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biophysics (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Structural Biology (Q1)	6.926
14	Nature Protocols	Nature Publishing Group	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1)	6.732
15	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	Annual Reviews Inc.	Cell Biology (Q1); Developmental Biology (Q1)	6.627
16	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	BMJ Publishing Group	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Immunology and Allergy (Q1); Rheumatology (Q1)	6.489
17	Molecular Systems Biology	Wiley-Blackwell	Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Applied Mathematics (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Computational Theory and Mathematics (Q1); Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Informati	6.22
18	Journal of Hematology and Oncology	BioMed Central Ltd.	Cancer Research (Q1); Hematology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Oncology (Q1)	6.046
19	Trends in Cell Biology	Elsevier Ltd.	Cell Biology (Q1)	5.987
20	Cell Reports Medicine	Cell Press	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1)	5.841
21	Fungal Diversity	Springer Netherlands	Ecology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)	5.784
22	Genes and Development	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press	Developmental Biology (Q1); Genetics (Q1)	5.769
23	Nature Chemical Biology	Nature Publishing Group	Cell Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)	5.509
24	EMBO Journal	Wiley-Blackwell	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Neuroscience (miscellaneous) (Q1)	5.484
25	Developmental Cell	Cell Press	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Developmental Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)	5.385
26	Molecular Plant	Cell Press	Molecular Biology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)	5.209
27	Nature Plants	Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.	Plant Science (Q1)	5.205
28	Studies in Mycology	Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute	Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)	5.202
29	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	Annual Reviews Inc.	Genetics (Q1); Genetics (clinical) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)	5.196
30	Molecular Neurodegeneration	BioMed Central Ltd.	Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1)	5.158
31	Nature Communications	Nature Publishing Group	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q1); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q1)	5.116
32	Blood	Elsevier BV	Biochemistry (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Hematology (Q1); Immunology (Q1)	4.927
33	Cell Genomics	Cell Press	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Genetics (Q1)	4.863
34	Genome Medicine	BioMed Central Ltd.	Genetics (Q1); Genetics (clinical) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1)	4.851
35	Annual Review of Cancer Biology	Annual Reviews Inc.	Cancer Research (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Oncology (Q1)	4.599
36	Cell Reports	Cell Press	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1)	4.574
37	Biological Reviews	Wiley-Blackwell	Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1)	4.388
38	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	Elsevier Ltd.	Biochemistry (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)	4.265
39	eLife	eLife Sciences Publications	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Neuroscience (miscellaneous) (Q1)	4.251
40	Annual Review of Medicine	Annual Reviews Inc.	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	4.233