The New Phytologist Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of plant science. It owns and produces the international journals New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet.
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New Phytologist
Volume 251, Issue 1July 2026
New Phytologist is an international journal offering rapid publication of high quality, original research in plant science. Covering five sections - Physiology & Development, Environment, Interaction, Evolution and Transformative Plant Biotechnology - articles cover topics that range from intracellular processes through to global environmental change. Cross-disciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged and we recognise that techniques from molecular and cell biology, and functional genomics through to modelling and system-based approaches will be applied across the whole spectrum of plant science.
Plants, People, Planet
Plants, People, Planet aims to publish outstanding research across the plant sciences, placing it firmly within the context of its wider relevance to people, society and the planet. We therefore encourage scientists to consider carefully the impact or potential impact of their research on peopleโs daily lives, on society, and on the world in which we live. We welcome submissions from all areas of plant sciences, from ecosystem studies to molecular genetics, and particularly encourage interdisciplinary studies, for instance within the social and medical sciences and chemistry and engineering.
Plant science is a rapidly-moving field and, as such, Plants, People, Planet offers a platform for new and emerging plant science subject areas that have the potential for societal impact. To highlight the impact or potential impact of the research to society all submissions should be accompanied by a "societal impact statement".
Calls for papers
Open-ended Special Collection: Plants and policy
Contribute to our open-ended special collection 'Plants and policy: Generating societal impact to address global challenges'.
We welcome submissions from the community on an ongoing basis, to build this evolving special collection to showcase success stories, share best practice, and discuss challenges and opportunities around generating policy impact. This special collection will form a developing resource to benefit the wider community, including policymakers, think-tanks, non-governmental organisations, and anyone with an interest in the impact of plant-focussed research on policy.
Open-ended Special Collection: Access and benefit sharing of biodiversity data
Contribute to our open-ended special collection 'Plants and policy: Access and benefit sharing of biodiversity data'.
Join our evolving Special Collection โ open for further submissions on these topics. Negotiations around the potential inclusion of biodiversity data within the scope of access and benefit sharing mechanisms of international treaties on genetic resources have been contentious. Uncertainty persists around which data might be included and the impacts of this on the ability to advance science.
This special collection provides a range of evidence and viewpoints contributing context to these negotiations and the underlying scientific issues involved.
Browse previous calls for papers in New Phytologist or Plants, People, Planet.
New Phytologist Foundation events
47th New Phytologist Symposium
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
Explore how extreme heat affects plants and other ectothermic organisms that underpin ecosystem productivity.
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2โ5 June 2026
๐ University of Cรณrdoba, Spain
Editor-in-Chief Symposium
2026 New Phytologist Editor-in-Chief Symposium
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3 July 2026
๐ Oecologicum, University of Tartu, Estonia
48th New Phytologist Symposium
Forest interactions
Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.
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13โ16 October 2026
๐ Leysin, Switzerland
New Phytologist next generation scientists 2026
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1โ4 December 2026
๐ IISER Pune, India
Applications to attend will open in spring 2026.
49th New Phytologist Symposium
Biological timing in photosynthetic organisms
The meeting will focus on fundamental advances in photoperiodism, phenology and chronobiology of photosynthetic organisms.
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24โ27 May 2027
๐ John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
New Phytologist Now
New Phytologist Now is an online seminar series where you can discover the latest and most exciting plant science research. Highlighting our authors and the latest discoveries published in New Phytologist, recordings of previous seminars are available to watch for free.
New Phytologist Now: Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life
A special post-symposium webinar with Itumeleng Moroenyane and Ezgi Mehmetoglu Boz, hosted by Maarja รpik
New Phytologist Foundation research showcases
The New Phytologist Foundation curates specially selected collections of key articles related to events in the plant science-adjacent community.
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