''Taxon'' is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research.
Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as ...
covering
plant taxonomy
Plant taxonomy is the science that finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants. It is one of the main branches of taxonomy (the science that finds, describes, classifies, and names living things).
Plant taxonomy is closely allied ...
. It is published by
Wiley on behalf of the
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
The International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) is an organization established to promote an understanding of plant biodiversity, facilitate international communication of research between botanists, and oversee matters of uniformity and ...
, of which it is the official journal. It was established in 1952 and is the only place where nomenclature proposals and motions to amend the
(except for the rules concerning
fungi) can be published.
The
editor-in-chief is Dirk C. Albach (
University of Oldenburg).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
of 2.817.
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/19968175/homepage/overview
Botany journals
Wiley (publisher) academic journals
Bimonthly journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1952