Plant Ecology and Evolution

Aims & Scope

Plant Ecology and Evolution (a continuation of Belgian Journal of Botany, incorporating Systematics and Geography of Plants) is an international journal devoted to ecology, phylogenetics and systematics of all ‘plant’ groups in the traditional sense (including algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, myxomycetes), also covering related fields such as comparative and developmental morphology, conservation biology, evo­lution, phytogeography, pollen and spores, population biology, and vegetation studies.

Submissions concerning tropical and sub­tropical Africa are particularly welcome.

The journal is published by Meise Botanic Garden and the Royal Botanical Society of Belgium and contains original research papers, review articles, checklists, short communications and book reviews.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Functional biology of parasitic plants: a review

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Jakub

• Phylogeny and circumscription of Sapindaceae revisited: molecular sequence data, morphology and biogeography support recognition of a new family, Xanthoceraceae

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Sven, Porter P., Nadir, Sylvain G., Philippe, Martin W.

• Origin and evolution of petals in angiosperms

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Louis P., Samuel F.

• Assessment of the functional role of tree diversity: the multi-site FORBIO experiment

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Kris, Kris, Evy, Lander, Bernard, Etienne, Monique, Hans, Jean-Claude, Pierre, Bart, Nuri Nurlaila, Margot, Quentin

• Diversity of subaerial algae and cyanobacteria growing on bark and wood in the lowland tropical forests of Singapore

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Jiří, Pavel

• Copper endemism in the Congolese flora: a database of copper affinity and conservational value of cuprophytes

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Michel-Pierre, Arthur, Mylor, Grégory, Michel, François, Pierre

• Effects of fire disturbance on alpha and beta diversity and on beta diversity components of soil seed banks and aboveground vegetation

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Mehdi, Reza, Mehdi, Carol

• Comparative ecology and coexistence of introduced and native congeneric forest herbs: Impatiens parviflora and I. noli-tangere

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Sandrine, Nico

• Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on herbivory defense in two Solanum (Solanaceae) species

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Michelle, Nicholas, Lindsey

• Tree species identity outweighs the effects of tree species diversity and forest fragmentation on understorey diversity and composition

  Citation: 33

  Authors: , Stefanie R.E., Irene M., Bram K., Daan, Roschong, Hannah, Robbe, Kris, Pieter, Hans, Liesbeth, Margot, Lander, Eduardo, Dries, An, Kris, Luc