Welcome to your July update from The New Phytologist Foundation. This month we're celebrating record-breaking reach and congratulating prize winners at Collections through time: legacy and evolution. Plus, catch us at conferences and watch recordings from Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life on-demand for free.
A record year for New Phytologist
Papers published in New Phytologist were cited over 100,000 times and overall readership, measured as downloads, was in excess of 9 million in 2025.
We are very proud of the reach and impact of papers published in New Phytologist, and are grateful to the authors that entrust their manuscripts to us.
Explore a selection of high-impact papers from 2024 and 2025:
Thank you and congratulations
New Phytologist Editor-in-Chief Symposium
Collections through time: legacy and evolution
Our annual New Phytologist Editor-in-Chief Symposium was held on Friday 3 July 2026 at the University of Tartu, home institution of New Phytologist’s Editor-in-Chief, Maarja Öpik.
Thank you to all who attended and contributed towards the success of the symposium. We are delighted to congratulate four prize winners.
The New Phytologist Foundation on tour
Meet members of The New Phytologist Foundation team and learn about the benefits of publishing in New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet.
You will find us at the following conferences:
International Conference on Mycorrhizas
Cairns, Australia, 12–17 JulyC460: From Kranz to Crops – Celebrating 60 Years of C4 Discovery
Lancaster, UK, 23–25 JulyInternational Conference on Photosynthesis Research
Liverpool, UK, 26–30 JulyEcological Society of America Annual Meeting: Ecology in an Era of Uncertainty
Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 26–30 July
We are proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the International Conference on Mycorrhiza. Find out more about our activities at the conference and how you can get involved.
The New Phytologist Foundation supports symposia, conferences, meetings and other initiatives that further innovation and advancement in plant-focused research around the world. Often this will be in the form of part-support / sponsorship of a scientific meeting or awards such as poster and lecture prizes. Find out more about New Phytologist Foundation Innovation Grants.
News
We're heading to ICOM 13!
The New Phytologist Foundation is proud to be a gold sponsor of the International Conference on Mycorrhiza, taking place in Cairns, Australia, 12–17 July 2026.
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
Recordings now available to view on-demand
Recorded talks from the 47th New Phytologist Symposium, Extreme Heat: Extending the thermal limits of plant life, are now available to view for free on-demand.
Call for papers
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
Our call for papers for a joint Special Collection of New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet on the theme of ‘Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life’ is open for submissions!
Deadline for abstracts: 5 September 2026
Catch up on the latest issues of New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet
New Phytologist
Vol. 251, Iss. 2, July 2026
New Phytologist
Vol. 251, Iss. 3, August 2026
Plants, People, Planet
Vol. 8, Iss. 4, July 2026
New Phytologist Symposia in 2027
49th New Phytologist Symposium
Biological timing in photosynthetic organisms
The meeting will focus on the importance of biological timing across all scales of plant biology, from molecules to organisms, communities, and ecosystems
50th New Phytologist Symposium
Evolution of plant reproductive strategies
Explore the diversity of plant mating systems through integration of perspectives across evolutionary biology, genetics, ecology, physiology, and developmental biology.
51st New Phytologist Symposium
The past and future of plant domestication
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