New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

Editorial report

Publication

Volume 40 (2002) comprised 713 pages, 57 research papers, and 2 book reviews, compared with 644 pages, 48 papers, and 7 book reviews in 2001. All issues were published on time.

The majority of papers published in 2002 were in biosystematics and biogeography (21%; 21% in 2001), ecology (19%; 31%), genetics and reproductive biology (17%; 4%), and mycology and plant pathology (16%; 12%). The sources of papers were New Zealand crown research institutes (26%; 35% in 2001), New Zealand universities (30%; 29%), other New Zealand institutions and private individuals (14%; 15%), and overseas (30%; 21%).

Special section

The September issue in 2002 contained 11 papers which had been presented at a symposium on New Zealand seeds, held at Lincoln University in November 2001. The Journal welcomed this opportunity to present together a group of papers with a common theme.

Expanded scope

From July 2002, the geographical scope of the Journal was expanded to include southern Africa. The southern scope is now highlighted by a by-line on the cover and the title page of each issue: the international journal of austral botany.

Editorial Advisory Board

The Board met in June 2002, and a 5-year strategic plan has been prepared for the Journal. One of the first actions under this plan has been the expanded scope. This and other planned activities are intended to increase the circulation, readership, and status of the Journal.

Electronic publishing, subscriptions, and page charges

All journals published by the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) are now available online, as abstracts and as full-text articles. In 2002 these were all free of charge; from 2003 full-text articles will be available only to subscribers. The introduction of this new service is reflected in new subscription rates and application of page charges from 1 January 2003.

Matt McGlone
Board Chair
NZ Journal of Botany

Frances Kell
Editor
March 2003

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