Plant Systematics and Evolution
Plant Systematics and Evolution is a biannual peer-reviewed scientific journal covering systematic botany and evolutionary biology. The editors-in-chief are Marcus A. Koch, Martin A. Lysak, and Karol Marhold.History
The journal was established in Vienna in 1851 under founding editor-in-chief Alexander Skofitz as Österreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt. In 1858 the publication was renamed Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift and it continued under that title from volume 9 to 91. In 1943 and 1944, two volumes were published under the title Wiener botanische Zeitschrift. It then continued under its previous title until 1973 when it was relaunched with a more international scope under its current title.The journal is abstracted and indexed in Agricola, Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, EMBiology, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, Scopus, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, The Zoological Record, BIOSIS Previews, and the Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 1.154.