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Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

ISSN 0026-6493 · e-ISSN 2162-4372 · Missouri Botanical Garden Press · http://www.jstor.org/journals/08933243.html
Journal Trust Rating E · 29/100 — Not recommended — critical failures or red flags · checked 14 November 2026, 10:27 IST

Pillars

PillarPointsWeight
Identity & governance5 / 25 (3 unchecked)25
Editorial integrity9 / 2525
Technical standing8 / 20 (4 unchecked)20
Preservation & access0 / 15 (6 unchecked)15
Reach & citation7 / 15 (2 unchecked)15

Checks and sources

CheckResultDetailSource
ISSN registered (ISSN Portal)BAD 0/8no record for this ISSNportal.issn.org
ISSN key-title matchesNA 0/3not checkedportal.issn.org
Journal website live and on HTTPSOK 3/3HTTP 200 in 0swww.jstor.org
Editorial board / editor named on the siteBAD 0/4no editorial board / editor found on the homepagewww.jstor.org
ISSN displayed on the siteWARN 0/3ISSN not found on the homepagewww.jstor.org
Contact address / email publishedWARN 0/2no contact foundwww.jstor.org
Publisher identifiedOK 2/2Missouri Botanical Garden Pressapi.crossref.org
Peer-review policy publishedBAD 0/7no peer-review policy foundwww.jstor.org
Publication ethics / malpractice policyBAD 0/6no ethics / malpractice statementwww.jstor.org
Plagiarism screening statedWARN 0/3no screening statementwww.jstor.org
No predatory-style red flagsOK 9/9none detectedwww.jstor.org
Crossref member — DOIs registeredOK 5/52711 DOIs on recordapi.crossref.org
Crossref metadata completeness (current articles)WARN 3/6abstracts 100% · licences 0% · ORCIDs 37% · references 0%api.crossref.org
DOIs displayed as links on the siteWARN 0/2no doi.org links on the homepagewww.jstor.org
OAI-PMH endpoint and Google Scholar tagsWARN 0/3no OAI link seen · no citation_* tags on homepagewww.jstor.org
Registered DOIs resolve to a live pageNA 0/2not checked — no DOI check has been run for this journal
Articles on the site carry a registered DOINA 0/2not checked — no DOI census has been run for this journal
Preservation (Keepers Registry / archives)NA 0/6not checkedportal.issn.org
Creative Commons licence statedWARN 0/4no licence statement foundwww.jstor.org
APC / fee transparencyWARN 0/3no statement about feeswww.jstor.org
Open-access statementWARN 0/2no OA statementwww.jstor.org
Listed in DOAJWARN 0/6not in DOAJdoaj.org
Indexed and cited in OpenAlexOK 5/52734 works · 108737 citations · h-index 146openalex.org
Citation depth (h-index ≥ 5)OK 2/2h-index 146openalex.org
Other verified index / registry listingsNA 0/2none recorded

Method

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