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.
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.
Article categories
The journal publishes articles in the following categories:
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Original research articles
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Priority reports
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Research reviews
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Commentaries
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Letters
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Modelling/Theory and Methods papers
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Tansley reviews
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Tansley insights
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Viewpoints
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Community resources
Abstracting and indexing
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 2024 impact factor of 8.1.
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.
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Halpin, C., Lennon, S., Pinfield-Wells, H. and Hetherington, A.M. (2023) 'Introducing Transformative Plant Biotechnology'. New Phytologist, 237(1): 5-6.
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