The Journal of Systematics and Evolution (JSE), co-sponsored by the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Botanical Society of China, is pleased to share its latest performance metrics and editorial initiatives following the release of the 2025 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Clarivate on June 17, 2026.

JSE has received a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 3.2, with a 5-Year Impact Factor of 4.0 and total citations reaching 3,504. Among the 285 journals in the Plant Sciences category, JSE ranks 96^th (Q2), and it holds the 16^th position in the Evolutionary Biology category. In parallel, the journal’s Scopus CiteScore is 7.7, placing it in the top 9% of its field.

The journal continues to expand its global reach. Indexed by SCI, Scopus, CSCD and other major databases, JSE now records over 270,000 annual full-text downloads, with overseas readers accounting for 70% of total usage. JSE sincerely thanks all past and present editors-in-chief, editorial board members, reviewers, authors, readers, and colleagues worldwide for their long-standing support.

Focused Special Issues: The Himalayan Series
Committed to shaping research directions, JSE has launched a branded series of special issues centered on the Himalaya. Two issues have already been published:
• 2025 Issue 1: “From sea level to world roof: Uplift history and biological evolution of the Himalaya” 
• 2026 Issue 2: “Systematics and biodiversity conservation in the Himalayan region” 

The series is now expanding with a third issue currently open for submissions: “Distribution Patterns, Evolutionary Process and Adaptation in Himalayan and Adjacent Mountain Regions.” Researchers working on relevant topics are warmly invited to contribute.

Virtual Issues and Ongoing Resources
To help readers track emerging hotspots, JSE also curates a collection of Virtual Issues covering fields from adaptation, speciation and domestication, evolutionary genomics and biogeography to evolutionary developmental biology.

These collections are freely accessible at https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/collections.

Guided by its editorial board of leading scientists in systematics and evolutionary biology, JSE will remain dedicated to publishing high-quality research and organizing cutting-edge special issues. The journal will continue to foster interdisciplinary integration and provide efficient, high-level services to the global scientific community, strengthening the role of Chinese journals in advancing the field.

Interested authors are invited to submit their manuscripts here (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/josae), and readers are invited to follow us on the journal’s website (www.jse.ac.cn), WeChat (JSE1951), Twitter (@JournalSysEvo), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/journalsysevo.bsky.social), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jsysevo/), Mastodon (https://mstdn.science/@JSE), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/journal.of.systematics.and.evolution).