Plant Sociology

Aims & Scope

Plant Sociology is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the SISV - Società Italiana di Scienza della Vegetazione (http://www.scienzadellavegetazione.it/sisv/index.jsp).

In 2020 the journal has moved to Pensoft in order to improve its circulation and distribution.

It focuses on all aspects of vegetation from phytocoenosis to landscape level, through time and space, at different geographic and ecologic scales.

It hosts a wide range of studies centered on plant communities modelization, interpretation, assessment, mapping, management, conservation and monitoring.

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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 and Environmental Science, 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 and Environmental Science, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 650.00 EUR. Learn more.

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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.

• A first checklist of the alien-dominated vegetation in Italy

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Daniele, Marisa, Daniela, Rossano, Mariacristina, Alicia Teresa Rosario, Michele, Michele, Marina, Claudia, Silvia, Simonetta, Gianmaria, Maurizio, Francesco, Giuseppe, Gabriella, Marco, Lucilla, Simona, Giampiero, Annalena, Valter, Bruno, Anna Rita, Piero, Rodolfo, Lorenzo, Michele, Fernando, Andrea, Mauro, Pietro, Bruno, Mauro, Enrico Vito, Gianfranco, Laura, Livio, Silvia, Irene, Filippo, Marta, Leonardo, Alberto, Lucio, Giovanni, Angela, Adriano, Roberto, Lorenzo

• Shedding light on typical species: implications for habitat monitoring

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Gianmaria, Edy, Lorenzo, Marta Gaia, Alicia Teresa Rosario, Marina, Silvia, Marco, Valter, Annarita, Daniela, Giovanni, Giulio, Barbara, Daniele, Giulia, Claudia, Emilio, Davide, Matteo, Giuseppe, Andrea, Rossano, Federica, Alessandro, Gabriella, Mariasole, Silvia, Luigi, Maria Carmela, Emanuela, Silvia, Mauro, Bruno Enrico Leone, Riccardo, Maurizio, Leopoldo, Andrea, Michele, Luciano, Romeo, Leonardo, Bruno, Paola, Roberto, Gabriele, Michele, Andrea, Marco, Corrado, Carla, Chiara, Michele, Carmelo Maria, Francesca, Ginevra, Giovanna, Marco, Ilaria, Safiya, Francesco, Giacomo, Simona, Alberto, Giovanni, Adriano, Francesco Pio, Roberto, Mariacristina, Katia, Magda, Simonetta

• Conservation status of Italian coastal dune habitats in the light of the 4th Monitoring Report (92/43/EEC Habitats Directive)

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Irene, Claudia, Silvia, Gabriella, Daniela, Corrado, Saverio, Mariacristina, Alicia T.R.

• The potentiality of Sentinel-2 to assess the effect of fire events on Mediterranean mountain vegetation

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Walter, Michele, Valter, Giorgia, Anna Rita

• New national and regional Annex I Habitat records: from #26 to #36

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Giovanni, Michele, Claudia, Simonetta, Giuseppe, Federica, Maria Carmela, Simona, Miris, Davide, Maria Carla, Emanuele, Emanuele, Tiberio, Luigi, Lorenzo, Flavia, Fabio, Francesca, Mauro, Gianfranco, Livio, Silvia, Safiya, Angela, Valeria, Francesco Pio, Claudia, Roberto, Daniela

• New national and regional Annex I Habitat records: from #16 to #20

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Giovanni, Simonetta, Giuseppe, Federica, Maria Carmela, Davide, Mauro, Claudia, Lorenzo

• Proposals for improvement of Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC: Central Italy

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Simona, Marina, Claudia, Edoardo, Federica, Eva, Emanuele, Bruno, Daniela, Lorenzo, Cesare, Simona, Mauro, Simone, Gianfranco, Livio, Federico, Roberto, Daniele, Marisa, Giampiero

• Proposals for improvement of Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC: Sardinia

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Mauro, Gianluigi, Maria Carmela, Donatella, Emmanuele, Giuseppe, Manuela, Maria Silvia, Stefania, Giovanni, Simonetta

• New national and regional Annex I Habitat records: from #37 to #44

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Gianmarco, Claudia, Simonetta, Federica, Salvatore, Maria Carmela, Assunta, Emanuele, Valentina, Tiberio, Lorenzo, Gianpietro, Vincenzo, Giacomo, Pietro, Giovanni, Saverio, Adriano, Giuseppe

• New national and regional Annex I Habitat records: from #21 to #25

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Giuseppe, Gianluigi, Simonetta, Gianmaria, Federica, Giacomo, Maria Carmela, Giovanni, Lorenzo