STM publisher Springer, Germany, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK, have signed an agreement to co-publish Kew Bulletin, the official scientific journal of the Gardens. A leading international center for botanical research, Kew has some of the largest and most comprehensive living and preserved plant collections in the world. The first Springer issue of Kew Bulletin is scheduled for March 2008.
An international peer-reviewed journal, Kew Bulletin deals with topics in plant taxonomy. It focuses on original articles covering vascular plant and fungal systematics. Papers on palynology, cytology, anatomy, phytogeography and phytochemistry are also included, providing they are relevant to taxonomy. Each issue is illustrated with line drawings and photographs and features a Book Review and Notices section.
Springer will publish the journal four times a year in both print and electronic formats. The journal will include Cross Reference Linking and ToC Alerts, a feature by which subscribers receive the table of contents via email weeks in advance of the new issue. Authors and editors of Kew Bulletin will be using a fully web-enabled online manuscript submission system which will reduce the reviewing time substantially. In addition, all authors, via the Springer Open Choice programme, have the option of publishing their articles using the open access publishing model. Springer will subsidise the costs for one Open Choice paper per issue.
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