Experimental botany in 2017
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Journal of Experimental Botany (JXB) has a long and prestigious history of publishing high-quality papers presenting new findings across a broad range of plant sciences. This year, 2017, marks the journal’s 68th year, and the coming two years leading up to our 70th anniversary will be a particularly exciting period. With a new Editor in Chief five years ago, it was an important point to reflect on scientific direction and the way JXB is perceived by our community. A new team of editors was established, and together we not only reviewed the aims and scope of JXB but also reaffirmed our commitment to the breadth of plant science underpinned by the experimental approach which is at the heart of the journal. The name, Journal of Experimental Botany, embodies this ethos as well now as it did in that first issue in 1950, with papers from such towering figures of 20th century plant biology as Irene Manton, Andrew Benson and Melvin Calvin (Benson and Calvin, 1950; Manton, 1950). Although the name of the journal remains the same, many other changes have occurred, which the team – expert editorial board and staff members – will be reflecting on, and looking forward from, during the coming year. JXB has a vital role to play in the ongoing development of plant science research as we approach the 2020s.
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