1. Overview

Guihaia was founded in 1975, during the period of great development of botany in China. It was formerly known as Plant Research Newsletter, and was renamed Guihaia in January 1981, with ISSN 1000-3142, CN 45-1134/Q. It is currently a monthly publication. Since the journal's inception, it has become a leading academic publication in the field of plant science in China due to its frontier original research articles.

Guihaia has been selected as a Core Journal of China by the Peking University Library and a Source Journal for Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations by ISTIC. Additionally, it has been included in the Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) and Science Citation Database.

2. Aims & Scope

The journal is committed to advancing botanical research. It mainly publishes high-quality, original research articles that present innovative findings across all major branches of plant sciences. Both fundamental and applied research are welcome, and submissions reporting new techniques, novel methodologies, and important discoveries in plant research are particularly encouraged.

In addition to original research articles, the journal publishes critical review papers that provide insightful analyses and theoretical advances on key frontier topics in plant sciences.

The journal only accepts original manuscripts that have not been previously published in any language. Translations of papers already published elsewhere are not considered.

3. Readership

Targeted readers of the journal include researchers, faculty and students of universities and colleges engaged in botany and its sub-disciplines, as well as scientific and technical professionals engaged in related fields, such as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, medicine, light industry, aquaculture, environmental protection, etc.

4. Featured Columns

◆ Plant Diversity Studies along the Belt and Road Initiative Routes

◆ Studies on Karst (Rocky Desertification / Tiankeng / Cave) Plants

◆ Island and Coastal Plant Research

◆ Global Change and Eco-environmental Research

◆ Environmental Botany: Phytoremediation of Polluted or Degraded Environments

◆ Studies on Nationally Protected Wild Plants

◆ Conservation and Sustainable Use of Rare and Endangered Plants (Endemic Species, Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations)

◆ Sustainable Utilization of Characteristic Economic Plants

◆ Plant–Microbe (Endophyte) and Plant–Animal Interaction Studies

◆ Important and Characteristic Plant Genetic Resources and Germplasm Innovation

◆ Research on Ethnobotany / Medicinal Plant and Human Health

◆ Plant Functional Substances and Their Effective Utilization

◆ Invasive Plant Biology and Control Technologies

◆ Studies on Gesneriaceae (Orchidaceae) and Their Sustainable Utilization

5. Regular Columns

● Plant Taxonomy

● Plant Ecology

● Plant Physiology

● Phytogeography

● Plant Resource Science

● Plant Cytology

● Plant Genetics

● Plant Protection

● Plant Nutrition

● Plant Pathology

● Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

● Plant Development and Reproductive Biology

● Plant Chemistry and Chemical Biology

● Molecular Biology

● Biodiversity Conservation

● Ethnobotany

● Bioinformatics

6. Manuscript Publication Cycle

The journal is a monthly publication, and the average period from submission to final publication of articles is about 120-150 days (about 4-5 months). After a manuscript is accepted, it will take about 10 days to publish as an Online First article on the journal website.

7. Indexing & Abstracting

Guihaia has been indexed in various international literature databases & journal directories, including:

☆ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

☆ Abstract Journal (AJ), VINITI Russia

☆ SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts Service, CAS)

☆ EBSCOhost

☆ Ulrichsweb (Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, UPD)

☆ Colby Information Center of Science and Culture (CICSC)

☆ CAB Abstracts, CABI

☆ Global Health, CABI

☆ Index Kewensis

☆ Database of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

☆ ICI Journals Master List

8. Publication Information

Governing Body: Guangxi Academy of Sciences

Sponsors: Guangxi Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Guangxi Society of Botany

Edited by: Editorial Office of Guihaia

Published by: China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (CSPM)

Honorary Editor-in-Chief: MA Keping

Editor-in-Chief: LI Xiankun

Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief & Director of Editorial Office: JIANG Qiaoyuan