new-phytologist
New Phytologist (new-phytologist)
Journal positioning
New Phytologist, published by the New Phytologist Foundation, is a plant-science journal with a long-standing strength in plant ecology, physiology, environmental interactions, and symbiosis — mycorrhizal and other plant–microbe relationships, whole-plant function, and processes that scale from organism to community and ecosystem. Its defining expectation is a conceptual advance with integrative breadth: a study that changes how a process is understood by connecting levels of organization, rather than a tightly bounded mechanistic result. A study whose contribution is a single gene-to-function molecular mechanism with no physiological, ecological, or whole-organism reach usually fits a cellular/molecular journal better. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live New Phytologist author guidance.