The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, known until 1997 as the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, is the oldest botanical journal in the Americas. The Journal’s main goal is the dissemination of scientific knowledge about plants and fungi. It publishes basic research in all areas of plant biology, except horticulture, with an emphasis on research done in, and on the plants of, the Western Hemisphere.

Print ISSN: 1095-5674
Online ISSN: 1940-0616
Current: Apr 2020 : Volume 147 Issue 2
Frequency: Quarterly
Impact Factor: 0.573
Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 208/234 Plant Sciences

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Instructions for Contributors

All manuscripts must be submitted through the PeerTrack submission and peer review system. Paper submissions are no longer accepted. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Editor in Chief for instructions.

Authors may choose to publish their articles as open access in The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. This option enables the author to freely share the article for any non-commercial purpose including posting the article on websites, etc. The charge for open access is $25 per published page. Note that we do not have any other page charges unless you are submitting multiple color images. Printing as open access is available to a limited number of articles in each issue, so please inquire with the Editor in Chief if you are interested in this option.

The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society is indexed by BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Current Content, and Science Citation Index. 

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