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There are 42 botany and plant science journals including top titles such as Botanical Review and International Journal of Plant Sciences.
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Australian full text journals including the Australian Journal of Botany, Functional Plant Biology and Australian Systematic Botany.
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Index of scientific literature on all aspects of plant science. Includes pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics and biotechnology.
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High Impact Journals
These journals have been selected using Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a resource tool for journal evaluation. According to JCR, these journals have a high impact on the scientific literature when compared with other journals in the field.
Annual Review of Phytopathology
Annual Review of Plant Biology
The Plant Cell
The Plant Journal
Plant Physiology
Recommended journals
Australian Journal of Botany
Australian Systematic Botany
Annals of Botany
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
The Botanical Review
International Journal of Plant Sciences
Open Access E-Journals
Botany: DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
PLoS Biology
The Biological Bulletin
Reference
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences
Encyclopedia of Grain Sciences
Guide to Standard Floras of the World
Websites & Internet resources
American Phytopathological Society
Australian Government Botany
Australian government environment sites
Australian National Botanical Gardens
Australian Plant Name Index
Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Biology Browser (Biosis)
CSIRO
ePIC(Kew Electronic Plant Information Centre)
FloraBase(Western Australia)
International Plant Names Index
Internet Directory for Botany
National Biological Information Infrastructure (US)
PlantNet (Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney)
Plant pathology glossary
Scott's Botanical Links
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History: Department of Botany
Virtual Library: Botany
