Journal Guide

Shiqiang Wan (Institute of Botany, CAS, China)Guanghui Lin (Institute of Botany, CAS, China)Bernhard Schmid (University of Zürich, Switzerland)Journal of Plant Ecology (JPE) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal of plant ecology. JPE serves as an important medium for ecologists to present research findings and discuss challenging issues in the broad field of plants and their interactions with biotic and abiotic environment.Original research articles, reviews and short communications published in JPE will cover all aspects of plant ecology, including plant ecophysiology, population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology and landscape ecology as well as conservation ecology, evolutionary ecology, and theoretical ecology. JPE includes special issues/features focusing on the frontiers (including global change, invasive species, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, etc.) in plant ecology with reviews written by the leading ecologists in the field. .

The Journal of Plant Growth Regulation is an international journal publishing original articles on all aspects of plant growth and development. Published manuscripts report question-based research using hormonal, physiological, environmental, genetical, biophysical, developmental or molecular approaches to the study of plant growth regulation. The journal offers reviews on highly relevant areas in plant growth and development, including interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on plant growth and plant pathology or abiotic stress. Also included are meeting notes, brief articles, novel techniques and thematic issues with special guest editors.

Journal of Plant Interactions aims to represent a common platform for those scientists interested in publishing and reading research articles in the field of plant interactions and will cover most plant interactions with the surrounding environment. Journal of Plant Interactions covers the subject areas of:Plant-Plant InteractionThis area deals with interaction between plants, considering all biochemical, physiological and molecular aspects.Plant-Microorganism InteractionThis area is surely one of the widest and covers three fundamental sub-areas: Plant-Fungi; Plant-Bacteria and Plant-Virus Interactions. Responses to and interactions of plants with micro-organisms are the basics for understanding community dynamics and crop productivity, as well as the key to discovering new resistance genes for pest and disease attacks.Plant-Insect InteractionThe presence of plants after millions of years of herbivore predation is the demonstration that plants have the ability to deter herbivore feeding, but the presence of herbivore after ages of plant toxin biosynthesis is the living evidence that insect herbivores are able to counteract plant poisons. This area deals with all aspects of interaction: from pest attack to plant attraction; from tritrophic interaction to biological control.Plant-Animal InteractionBesides insects, monogastric and polygastric herbivores interact with plants with grazing activity. This area is intended for all studies concerning the effect of grazing on plant population and dynamics.Plant-Environment InteractionThis area is divided into two general sections: 'pen environment'and 'losed environment' The first section covers all aspects of plants'interaction with abiotic stresses present in the natural environments (including atmospheric phenomena, light, temperature, pollution, etc.). The aim of the second section is to collect research reports on artificial environments where plants live (including greenhouses, growth chambers, etc.) both on Earth and in space applications. Remote sensing and biosensing will also be covered under this area.Plant-Soil Interaction (including Plant-Water Interaction)This area deals with nutrition, drought, flooding, restoration, phytoremediation, bioremediation, applied ecology, and all aspects where plants interact with the soil.The Journal will be of significance to all plant biologists, plant physiologists, ecologists, mycologists, microbiologists, agronomists, landscape architects, environmental engineers, entomologists, students and all researchers interested in biological struggle and sustainable use of natural resources.CALL FOR PAPERSAs Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Plant Interactions, Massimo Maffei welcomes submissions from authors. The Journal prefers to publish only those manuscripts that present fundamental advances of wide interest to the plant-interaction biology community. Preference will be given to manuscripts presenting evidence that answers important questions with a high degree of certainty and clarity. Manuscripts that only describe the effect of plant interactions although important and interesting from a phenomenological point of view generally do not meet the standards insisted on by most reviewers without providing a biological meaning and interpretation. Similarly, quality manuscripts that describe a new methodology, but which do not also provide substantial new insight into the biology of plant interactions may not meet reviewers' expectations or the journal's scope. Furthermore, manuscripts that are not accompanied by a sound statistical analysis of data to support results will not be taken into consideration.All submissions will be independently refereed by editorial board members and by external referees chosen on an international basis. All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.Disclaimer for Scientific, Technical and Social Science PublicationsTaylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in its publications. However, Taylor & Francis and its agents and licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not the views of Taylor & Francis.

This authoritative journal serves as a comprehensive, convenient source of new and important findings exploring the influence of currently known essential and nonessential elements on plant physiology and growth. In addition to offering prompt publication of outstanding original research and review papers in this vital area of plant and soil science, the journal includes special symposium issues that focus on essential nutrients, heavy metals, and trace elements. Refereed by an internationally renowned editorial board ensuring the high level of scholarship, the Journal of Plant Nutrition provides insightful coverage of nutritional topics, such as: * hydroponics * nutrient requirements for greenhouse crops * container production * media analysis of pine bark, peat, and artificial media * floriculture production * vegetable crop production * fruit crop production * ornamental production * tropical crops * foliage plants Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Including Agribiological Research 85 Years of Excellence. With its focus on soil-plant interactions, the Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science is one of the leading journals on this topic. It publishes reviews, high-standard original papers, and short communications covering the entire spectrum of plant nutrition and soil science. In addition, book reviews and discussions on current literature are provided, as well as news from German Soil Science Society (DBG) and the German Society for Plant Nutrition (DGP). ISSN: 1436-8730 (print), 1522-2624 (online) Volume 174. 6 Issues in 2011. How to cite: To make sure that references to this journal are correctly recorded and resolved (for example in CrossRef or ISI Web of Science), please use the following abbreviated title in any citations: 'J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.' (punctuation may vary according to the style of the citing journal).

The Journal of Plant Pathology (JPP) is the international journal of the Italian Phytopathological Society (S.I.Pa.V), covering fundamental and applied aspects of plant pathology. JPPY will publish original contribution written in English, in the form of full-lenght papers, short communication, disease notes, and review articles on mycology, bacteriology, virology, phytoplasmatology, physiological plant pathology, plant-parasite interactions, post-harvest diseases, non infectious diseases, and plant protection. All contributions will be peer reviewed under the supervision of an international Editorial Board.

Founded in 1909, with roots tracing back to 1818, the Journal of Plant Physiology(JPP) published landmark papers in plant physiology and is one of the world's oldest international journals in the botanical sciences.Today's modern concept of JPP welcomes submissions in biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology and functional biotechnology of plants.While a "new" or "agriculturally important" species alone is not an acceptable rationale for this journal, submission of papers exploring the diversity of species beyond current models, such as Arabidopsis, and bridging basic research with applied aspects is encouraged. Experiments should be carried out under controlled environmental conditions.Descriptive manuscripts, confirming known facts in just another species without contributing to a better understanding of the biological mechanisms involved, will normally be returned without review.

ournal of Plant Registrations publishes cultivar, germplasm, parental line, genetic stock, and mapping population registration manuscripts. The journal is published online on an open-access basis. The print version of the journal ships three times a year to subscribers of Crop Science. The Journal of Plant Registrations will accept registrations of plant material with documented novel and unique characteristics compared to available accession sources of a particular species. Perspective or review papers on historical plant material, the registration process, or related topics may also be accepted with approval of the editor and after review.

The Journal of Plant Research is an international publication that gathers and disseminates fundamental knowledge in all areas of plant sciences. Coverage extends to every corner of the field, including such topics as evolutionary biology, phylogeography, phylogeny, taxonomy, genetics, ecology, morphology, physiology, developmental biology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, and systems biology.The journal presents full-length research articles that describe original and fundamental findings of significance that contribute to understanding of plants, as well as shorter communications reporting significant new findings, technical notes on new methodology, and invited review articles. Recent articles have discussed the fern as a model system for studying photomorphogenesis; DNA banking for plant breeding, biotechnology and biodiversity evaluation, plant microtubule studies: past and present; chloroplast genome sequencing in species of Dryopteris.The Journal of Plant Resea

The Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting is devoted exclusively to the research, development, and processing of plastic film and sheeting. Reports by specialists present new developments in polymer science and plastics technology that result in improved films and sheeting. Topics include: new plastics resins and additives for films, rocessing methods and equipment, characterization, test methods and data and applications.

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand SurgeryThe purpose of Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is to serve as an international forum for plastic surgery, hand surgery and related research. Interest is focused on original articles on basic research and clinical evaluation.The scope of the journal comprises: Articles concerning operative methods and follow-up studies Research articles on subjects related to plastic and hand surgery Articles on cranio-maxillofacial surgery, including cleft lip and palate surgery Case studies, with brief descriptions of noteworthy patient historiesExtended issues are published occasionally, dealing with special topics such as microvascular surgery, craniofacial surgery, or burns. Supplements, usually doctoral theses, are also published.The journal is published for the Society for the Publication of Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica, founded by Professor Axel Key in 1869 and sponsored by the Key Foundation, Sweden.Formally known as Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand SurgeryIndexed/abstracted in: Biological Abstracts; Current Advances in Cell and Developmental Biology; Current Contents/Clinical Medicine; EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; Index Medicus/MEDLINE; Medical Documentation Service; PEDro; Periodicals Scanned and Abstracted. Life Sciences Collection; Research Alert; Science Citation Index; SciSearch.

Aims and Scope:JPRAS An International Journal of Surgical Reconstruction is one of the world's leading international journals, covering all the reconstructive and aesthetic aspects of plastic surgery.The journal presents the latest surgical procedures with audit and outcome studies of new and established techniques in plastic surgery including: cleft lip and palate and other heads and neck surgery, hand surgery, lower limb trauma, burns, skin cancer, breast surgery and aesthetic surgery.The journal has up-to-date papers, comprehensive review articles, letters to the editor and book reviews on all aspects of plastic surgery and related basic sciences.JPRAS is the official journal of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and is affiliated to the Società Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva ed Estetica (SICPRE).Indexed and Abstracted in:Cochrane Collaboration's International Register of RCTs of Health Care, Current Contents, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus Documentation Service, Research Alert, Reference Update, ISI Science Citation Index, Scisearch, Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery, UMI (Microform), Medline/Pubmed.