New Phytologist is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published on behalf of the New Phytologist Foundation by Wiley-Blackwell. It covers all aspects of botany and was established in 1902 by Arthur Tansley, who served as editor until 1931.[1]

New Phytologist
DisciplinePlant Science
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMaarja Öpik
Publication details
Former name(s)
The Phytologist
History1902–present
Publisher
Frequency24/year
Hybrid
8.3 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4New Phytol.
Indexing
CODENNEPHAV
ISSN0028-646X (print)
1469-8137 (web)
LCCN07000035
JSTOR0028646x
OCLC no.1759937
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Maarja Öpik took up the position of Editor-in-Chief of New Phytologist in January 2025. The previous Editor-in-Chief was Alistair M. Hetherington.[2]

Article categories

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The journal publishes articles in the following categories:

  • Original research articles
  • Priority reports
  • Research reviews
  • Commentaries
  • Letters
  • Meeting reports
  • Modelling/Theory and Methods papers
  • Tansley reviews
  • Tansley insights
  • Viewpoints
  • Community resources

Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, and Scopus.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 8.3.[3]

Further reading

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  • Alexander, I.J. & Slater, H. (2011) New Phytologist goes online-only from January 2012. New Phytologist. 192(4) 783-786. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03866.x
  • Halpin, C., Lennon, S., Pinfield-Wells, H. and Hetherington, A.M. (2023) 'Introducing Transformative Plant Biotechnology'. New Phytologist, 237(1): 5-6. doi:10.1111/nph.18616

References

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  1. ^ Godwin, Harry (1957). "Arthur George Tansley. 1871–1955". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3: 227–226. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1957.0016. JSTOR 769363.
  2. ^ Lindsey, Keith (January 2025). "Maarja Öpik to take up the position of New Phytologist Editor‐in‐Chief from January 2025". New Phytologist. 245 (1): 5–5. doi:10.1111/nph.20305. ISSN 0028-646X.
  3. ^ "New Phytologist". 2023 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024.
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