The journal Acta Botanica Croatica is the traditional botanical journal of southern Europe. This peer-reviewed journal (DOAJ, SCI, Scopus) is published twice a year (April, October) as an open-access journal, by the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. The interest of the journal is field (terrestrial and aquatic) and experimental botany including plant viruses, bacteria, archaea, algae and fungi, from subcellular level to the ecosystem level with a geographic focus on karstic areas of the southern Europe and the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean).
Article submission and publishing are free of charge.
ISSN 0365-0588 (print), ISSN 1847-8476 (online)
The journal welcomes manuscripts for publication in the following categories: original research papers, short communications, book reviews and social news. Review Articles are accepted on editor invitation.
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As of June 1st 2025, it is mandatory to submit a Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in manuscript preparation. If AI tools were used, please specify which parts of the manuscript they contributed to.
29-09-2025
On 25 September 2025 we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the journal Acta Botanica Croatica. After the ceremony, we participated in a Panel Discussion with guests, editors-in-chief of botanical journals from Italy (Prof. Gianmaria Bonari), Hungary (Dr. Zoltan Botta-Dukat), Serbia (Prof. Marko Sabovljević) and Slovenia (Prof. Urban Šilc). Thank you for being part of our celebration.
29-09-2025
Dear readers and authors of the journal Acta Botanica Croatica, our anniversary issue 84(2) 2025 has been published. Please see https://hrcak.srce.hr/broj/24590. We thank everyone for the efforts and support.
Vol. 85 No. 1 (2026)
On the cover:
Some rare and newly discovered Carex taxa from Croatia, are reported by Koopman et al. (pp. 35-47)
Published: 30 March 2026
