Acta Botanica Mexicana accepts original and unpublished works in all areas of botany, including floristics, taxonomy, taxa new to science, ecology, ethnobotany, paleontology, evolution, conservation, etc. It is aimed at Mexican and foreign botanists, in particular of species native of the American continent. Until 2018, it appeared four times a year with a strict periodicity in the first week of January, April, July and October; since 2019 it is published continuously, without pre-established periodicity, in electronic format and without any costs.
Acta Botanica Mexicana is a publication funded by the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. and is edited in the Centro Regional del Bajío of this institution. The journal is published in digital format only, and publishing is free of charge for the authors. Published on a rolling pass.