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Alpine Botany
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Alpine Botany

Alpine Botany is an international journal providing a forum for plant science studies at high elevation with links to fungal and microbial ecology, including vegetation and flora of mountain regions worldwide. Alpine Botany publishes original contributions and reviews on biogeogr...

ISSN: 1664-2201
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Category: Plant Science
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0,82 Q1
H-index 36
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36%
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SJR Impact

0,82

H-index

36

Docs (year)

20

Docs 3y

57

Total refs

1380

Cites 3y

163

Citable 3y

57

Cites/Doc 2y

2.41

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69.0

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3060 €

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0 €

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