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Interested in publishing in NJB?
Please read this page carefully. Does your manuscript fit within our aims and scope? Are you familiar with the types of articles we publish? Have you seen our Open Access policies and waiver opportunities? Have you checked out our current calls for papers?
Please also read the Nordic Society Oikos Publishing Policies and NSO Journals Author Guidelines.
Aims and Scope
Nordic Journal of Botany publishes original research concerning the ecological and taxonomic biodiversity of wild plants, algae, lichens and fungi. We welcome studies in the field of population, community and ecosystem ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation. We also welcome contributions in general systematics (e.g. nomenclature, descriptions and revisions of taxa, phylogenetics). Purely molecular, physiological or anatomical studies must be placed in an ecological, evolutionary or systematic context.
Calls for Papers
NJB periodically publishes special issues focusing on particular topics within our aims and scope. See the latest calls for papers!
Types of Articles
In addition to Research Articles, NJB also welcomes Review Papers and Short Communications:
Research Articles report original research in all fields of botany, mycology and plant ecology and should aim at a readership from a wide range of botanical and plant ecological disciplines.
Please note: authors of taxonomic studies, including descriptions of new species and flora checklists, must follow Special Instructions for Taxonomic Papers. For all other types of articles, follow the NSO Author Guidelines.
Short Communications report original research, in a short format (up to 4 pages), in all fields of botany, mycology and plant ecology and should aim at a readership from a wide range of botanical and plant ecological disciplines.
Review Papers are commissioned by either direct invitation or via unsolicited proposals. Review papers should provide an overview of an area in botany, mycology or plant ecology.
Preparing your submission
See the NSO Author Guidelines for detailed instructions on preparing and formatting all of your materials.
Prepare your title file, main text file, and data and/or code files (or links to archived data and/or code) for upload through the ScholarOne submission system. Be ready to also provide statements on data availability, significance of the research, conflict of interest, ethics, funding, and acknowledgments. See the NSO Author Guidelines for full details.
Before submitting, check the PDF generated by the ScholarOne system to make sure that equations, text, and all files are complete and displayed correctly. If you are not proficient in English, you might consider having your manuscript checked by a proficient writer in English before you submit it. (Wiley also offers professional pre-submission editing services. Have a look here.)
After submitting, you’ll receive a confirmation email with a manuscript ID. Please refer to this ID in all correspondence with the Editorial Office.
Licensing & Open Access
All authors are required to grant the NSO a license to publish. All articles in the Nordic Journal of Botany are published Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License, and are subject to an Article Publication Charge (APC) to cover the costs involved in the publication process, from administrating peer-review to copy editing and hosting the final article on dedicated servers. Current APCs for the Nordic Journal of Botany can be found here. Some authors are eligible for discounts or full waivers of the APC, as explained below.
Please read the NSO Publishing Policies before submission to understand copyright and license policies and publishing fees. General information from Wiley regarding licensing and copyright is available here.
Waivers and Discounts
The Nordic Journal of Botany’s mission is to be an outlet for plant-related research from all parts of the globe. An increasing proportion of our authors are covered by agreements with our publisher Wiley, allowing them to publish in our journal with no direct cost. In addition to this, authors from low- and lower middle-income countries can be covered through the partnership between Wiley and Research4Life, allowing them to publish for free or with a discount. However, we realize that there still is a segment of authors who are not covered by any agreements and who have no possibility to pay the Article Processing Charges (APC). To counter this, at least in part, we are offering NSO-funded waivers to authors from middle-income countries with limited funding. Learn more about our Waivers and Discounts.
Nordic Journal of Botany is a journal of the Nordic Society Oikos, published in cooperation with Wiley. The journal is available at Wiley Online Library.
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