New Phytologist

Aims & Scope

New Phytologist publishes excellent, novel, rigorous and timely research and scholarship in plant science and its applications.

Falling within four sections – Physiology & Development, Environment, Interaction and Evolution – articles cover topics that range from intracellular processes through to global environmental change.

Cross-disciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged but for guidance the journal is organized as below.

We recognize 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: • Physiology & Development: intra/inter-cellular signalling, long-distance signalling, physiology, development, eco-devo – phenotypic plasticity, transport, biochemistry. • Environment: global change and Earth system functioning, environmental stress, ecophysiology, plant–soil interactions, heavy metals. • Interaction: plant–biotic interactions (including viruses, prokaryotes, oomycetes, fungi/mycorrhizas, viruses, nematodes and insects), symbionts, endophytes, pathogens, plant microbiome, fungal genomics, multitrophic systems, plant–microbe–soil interactions. • Evolution: molecular evolution, population or quantitative ge- netics, mating systems, phylogenetics, speciation, plant–enemy coevolution, evo–devo.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	8.1
2024	8.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.293

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	327

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	612

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	21583

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• AN EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING VESICULAR ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION IN ROOTS

  Citation: 4104

  Authors: M., B.

• THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FLORA IN THE ALPINE ZONE.¹

  Citation: 3557

  Authors: Paul

• Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

  Citation: 3485

  Authors: Nate, William T., Craig D., David D., Neil, Thomas, Jennifer, John, Adam, David G., Enrico A.

• What have we learned from 15 years of free‐air CO₂ enrichment (FACE)? A meta‐analytic review of the responses of photosynthesis, canopy properties and plant production to rising CO₂

  Citation: 3078

  Authors: Elizabeth A., Stephen P.

• A new method which gives an objective measure of colonization of roots by vesicular—arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

  Citation: 3025

  Authors: T. P., M. H., D. G., G. L., J. A.

• Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

  Citation: 2409

  Authors: Ian J., Peter B., Johannes H. C., Daniel S., Eric, Kouki, Byron B., William, Jacek, Noriyuki, Hendrik, Rafael, David I., Mark

• Seed dormancy and the control of germination

  Citation: 2361

  Authors: William E., Gerhard

• Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta‐analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

  Citation: 2352

  Authors: Hendrik, Karl J., Peter B., Jacek, Pieter, Liesje

• Fungal endophytes: diversity and functional roles

  Citation: 2330

  Authors: R. J., J. F., A. E., R. S.

• Phosphorus acquisition and use: critical adaptations by plants for securing a nonrenewable resource

  Citation: 2270

  Authors: Carroll P., Claudia, Deborah L.

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