South African Journal of Botany
South African Journal of Botany is a journal indexed in SJR in Plant Science with an H index of 92. Journal with a Single blind Peer Review review system It has an SJR impact factor of 0,558 and it has a best quartile of Q2. It is published in English. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,558.
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SJR Impact
0,558
H-index
92
Docs (year)
671
Docs 3y
1821
Total refs
46574
Cites 3y
6343
Citable 3y
1811
Cites/Doc 2y
3.27
Ref/Doc
69.41
Immediate OA
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Embargoed OA
NPD
Non OA / Submission
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Best articles by citations
Heavy metals toxicity in plants: An overview on the role of glutathione and phytochelatins in heavy metal stress tolerance of plants
Geraniol — A review of a commercially important fragrance material
What controls South African vegetation — climate or fire?
Effect of salt stress on growth, chlorophyll content, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant defence systems in Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Cadmium-induced oxidative damage in mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.] plants can be alleviated by salicylic acid
Isolation of the major germination cue from plant-derived smoke
Autecological studies on Audouinia capitata (Bruniaceae). I. Plant-derived smoke as a seed germination cue
Sites of synthesis, biochemistry and functional role of plant volatiles
Origins, roles and fate of organic acids in soils: A review
Effect of seaweed extract on the growth, yield and nutrient uptake of soybean (Glycine max) under rainfed conditions
Sphaeropsis sapinea and Botryosphaeria dothidea endophytic in Pinus spp. and Eucalyptus spp. in South Africa
The potential of South African plants in the development of new medicinal products
Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) beyond the farm gate: From herbal tea to potential phytopharmaceutical
Drought and salinity stress alters ROS accumulation, water retention, and osmolyte content in sorghum plants
Quality from the field: The impact of environmental factors as quality determinants in medicinal plants
Studies on germination, seedling vigour, lipid peroxidation and proline metabolism in Catharanthus roseus seedlings under salt stress
Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes
Salicylic acid supplementation improves photosynthesis and growth in mustard through changes in proline accumulation and ethylene formation under drought stress
The distribution of tree and grass roots in savannas in relation to soil nitrogen and water
Nickel, cadmium and lead phytotoxicity and potential of halophytic plants in heavy metal extraction
Cadmium stress in cotton seedlings: Physiological, photosynthesis and oxidative damages alleviated by glycinebetaine
Acocks’ Valley Bushveld 50 years on: new perspectives on the delimitation, characterisation and origin of subtropical thicket vegetation
Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) status of rehabilitation plants of mine wastes in South Africa and determination of AM fungal diversity by analysis of the small subunit rRNA gene sequences
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