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The Journal of Experimental Botany publishes papers that describe novel and rigorous research addressing broad principles in plant science.
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Latest Special Issue: Improving crop nutrient status: discovery, innovation, and translation
This Special Issue brings together reviews and original articles that reveal new insights and provide new information that highlights the breadth of research currently being undertaken to address this urgent global problem by addressing the nutritional quality of plants.
Upcoming & open special issues
Special issues and focus collections include selected reviews which together provide a comprehensive overview of each research topic. Original research may also be featured and, in our eXtra Botany section, editorials provide an incisive update on the state of the field, wider implications and new directions.
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Journal of Experimental Botany (JXB) is a top-ranking plant science journal owned by the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) and published by a not-for-profit publisher (Oxford University Press). There are many reasons to submit your work to JXB including fast publication after acceptance, publicity for your work, a dedicated editorial team, and reinvestment into the community through the SEB.
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Advance access articles
To facilitate the fast dissemination of scientific results, JXB publishes the accepted version of manuscripts to our advanced access page as soon as possible after acceptance. Papers then undergo the usual copy editing and typesetting before appearing in their final form.
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Latest Virtual Issue: Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
Legumes establish symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into usable forms within root nodules, a process regulated by complex signalling, gene expression, and energy balance. This Virtual Issue—organized in association with the 15th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference (ENFC) (August 31–September 3, 2023, Naples, Italy)—is a collection of research articles and reviews discussing the latest plant-oriented advances in the biological nitrogen fixation field.
The Flowering Newsletter (FNL)
The Flowering Newsletter (FNL) is the platform of the International Working Group on Flowering and aims to be an authoritative source of information on the latest research developments concerning flowering and flowers.
Latest News: JXB turns 75!
To celebrate JXB’s 75th birthday, we will be holding a special conference in Edinburgh between 17th-19th September 2025. The meeting program has been designed especially for early career researchers, with workshops, posters, flash talks, prizes, networking opportunities, and more. There may even be birthday cake!
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Darwin Reviews
Darwin Reviews are the Journal of Experimental Botany’s most prestigious review series and topics are carefully chosen in the most progressive fields of research. Darwin Review authors are selected for their expertise and long-standing reputation.
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Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)
The Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) is about extraordinary connections. We encourage cross fertilisation of ideas and disciplines. We bring biologists together from multiple disciplines and from around the world – sharing learning and experience, building contacts and relationships, creating links between new and established researchers. We reinvest all profits from JXB into the research community through our events, training and outreach.
Editor's Choice
JXB’s Editor-in-Chief personally selects one paper from each regular issue of the journal as the ‘Editor’s Choice’. This award aims to highlight papers of the highest quality across the breadth of JXB’s scope.
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