STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it is set to publish the Journal of Plant Biology, starting February 2009. The journal is the official publication of the Botanical Society of Korea. Dr. Gynheung An of Pohang University of Science and Technology in Pohang, South Korea, will serve as the Editor-in-chief of the journal.
International in scope, the Journal of Plant Biology presents research contributions on all aspects of plant science. Springer will digitise the back volumes of the journals from 1997 onwards, making them available to readers through the Springer Online Archives Collection. The journal first appeared in 1958 and was published until 1994 under the title Korean Journal of Botany.
The Journal of Plant Biology is open to high-quality research papers dealing with all phases of experimental plant biology including biotechnology, biochemistry and macromolecular structure, cellular and developmental biology, ecology, genetics and genomics, molecular biology, morphology, physiology and taxonomy of plants. The bimonthly journal publishes general papers, reviews, short communications and preliminary reports detailing significant research contributions to plant science.
