《美国植物学杂志》(AJB)是一份国际知名的期刊，主要面向植物生物学(包括生态学、进化论、生理学、生物多样性、系统学、发展学、遗传学、古植物学、结构和功能)、各级组织(从生态系统到分子)以及植物学研究人员(包括陆生植物、藻类、真菌、地衣、蓝藻)等各个领域的科学家发表具有创新性的重要研究成果。
American Journal of Botany (AJB) is an internationally renowned journal publishing innovative, significant research of interest to a wide audience of scientists in all areas of plant biology (including ecology, evolution, physiology, biodiversity, systematics, development, genetics, paleobotany, structure and function), all levels of organization (ecosystem to molecular), and all organisms studied by botanical researchers (including land plants, algae, fungi, lichen, cyanobacteria).