Mock IJPS cover showing undergraduate researcher at work
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🚨Undergraduate research🚨
A new genus of permineralized Eocene fruits: Menispermaceae (Chasmantheroideae) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Joaquin Rico, Ruth Stockey, Gar Rothwell, Graham Beard
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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Thank you for the kind words. All of us at @ijpsjournal.bsky.social truly enjoy the work.
That's all we got. Thanks for reading! (7/7)
Dashing IJPS editor James Ellis.
Side note: We're not naming names, but we keep seeing reports of authors getting ghosted by journals. If you submit to @ijpsjournal.bsky.social and have a ?, you'll get a reply from managing editor @journalwrangler.bsky.social. Here's a photo of him from 2023, showing off his opposable thumb. (7/n)
And @ijpsjournal.bsky.social will still have the same managing editor @journalwrangler.bsky.social, who will keep making the beautiful covers and collectable bandanas that we are known for. (6/n)
@ijpsjournal.bsky.social will still have the same crack, in-house production team, including skilled copyeditors whose attention to detail truly makes a difference. (5/n)
@ijpsjournal.bsky.social will still be published by the wonderful folks @chicagojournals.bsky.social. Non-profit academic publishing for the win! (4/n)
Given that, it doesn't make sense to continue printing hard copies of @ijpsjournal.bsky.social. The last issue to be offered in print will be November 2026.
However, we want to emphasize that in every other respect the things that make @ijpsjournal.bsky.social what it is will be unchanged (3/n)
We imagine that many of you are thinking "I didn't know that @ijpsjournal.bsky.social still printed physical issues. Who wants to pay for those?!?"
The answer: <30 people + institutions (2/n)
Hey peeps, a quick announcement: as of 2027 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social will no longer be in both electronic and print form. We'll be electronic only. (1/n)
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Extinct Sapindalean Fruits and Inflorescences from the Eocene Green River Formation of Eastern Utah, USA: Uintacarpa Alata gen. et sp. nov.
Steven R. Manchester, Walter S. Judd, Bruce H. Tiffney
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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In our humble opinion, this is not a defensible practice. If the paper is reviewable, then it is the journal's job to find reviewers, full stop.
Strongly recommend! Study plants and have a topic you love? An opportunity to dig and think deeply on a topic, with no restraints on length, and provide your perspective on its past, present, and future. And get paid! Writing this review on traits & herbaria in 2022 was super rewarding.
IJPS cover featuring photo of the flower-to-fruit transition in a Neotropical Loranthaceae
Sneak peek of the May 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social cover, featuring 🚨undergraduate research🚨 from @nataliapabonm.bsky.social's lab:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Plant lovers ! Not only did we get a mock cover but the real cover!. Valentina did a phantastic job targeting all key stages of fruit development in the gooey Loranthaceae. Also stay tuned for the genetics of extreme ovule modifications. #non-modelplantsrock #parasitesbreakdevelopmentalrules
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First architectural analysis of a non-arborescent cladoxlopsid identifies two possible growth habits for the Carboniferous Cladoxylon taeniatum
@thibault-durieux.bsky.social, @aldpaleo.bsky.social, CJ Harper
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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Comparative Population Genetic Structure of Spirodela polyrhiza and the Lemna minor Species Complex (Lemna minor and Lemna japonica) Across the Northern US
TT Hobble, JE Kerstetter, @exp-evoeco.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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We at @ijpsjournal.bsky.social are happy to extend deadlines and otherwise work with you to see your Coulter Review through to publication.
END (Thanks for reading!)
Finally, if you are interested in writing a Coulter Review but are uncertain as to when you would find time to write it, don't let that stop you from submitting a proposal.
Another perk of writing a Coulter Review--you get to support non-profit academic publishing, as
@ijpsjournal.bsky.social has been published by the wonderful folks @chicagojournals.bsky.social since 1896!
The Coulter Review provides scientists with an opportunity not just to review the literature, but also to share their own perspective on exciting research in the plant sciences. The review is OA, featured on the cover @ijpsjournal.bsky.social, and comes with a $1000 honorarium.
First, @ijpsjournal.bsky.social has a Coulter Review because we were founded by John Merle Coulter in 1875. Coulter went on to become the first head of Botany at the University of Chicago. You can read more about him here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ijp...
A reminder thar @ijpsjournal.bsky.social is soliciting proposals to write a Coulter Review:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ijp...
Curious about this opportunity? Want more details? Well we have a thread for you:
Mock IJPS cover showing undergraduate researcher at work
AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
🚨Undergraduate research🚨
Morphological and anatomical changes during the flower-to-fruit transition in species of the parasitic family Loranthaceae.
V Botero-Castaño, F Gonzalez, @nataliapabonm.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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Folks, this does not comport with the policies on AI usage at many scientific journals. Just sayin'.
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Sindora Leaflets from the Early Pleistocene Kon Tum Flora of Central Vietnam
Teng-Xiang Wang (王腾翔), @radiogondwana.bsky.social, Truong Van Do, Tao Su (苏涛)
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
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JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Comparative Evolution of Photosynthetic Light Response Curves: Approaches and Pitfalls in Phylogenetic Modeling of a Function-Valued Trait
Rebekah Evelyn Davis, @plantevoecophys.bsky.social, Eric Goolsby
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Fossil fruit of an earliest Miocene Eucryphia (Cunoniaceae) from northern Patagonia (Argentina)
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Eucryphia fruit and leaves (Cunoniaceae) from the earliest Miocene Ñirihuau flora, Patagonia, Argentina
Mauro Gabriel Passalia, Matías A. Machado, Ari Iglesias, Ezequiel I. Vera
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Capella raulingsii fruit reconstruction
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
🚨Undergraduate research🚨
SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION OF SILICIFIED MELASTOMATACEAE FRUITS BURIED BY INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM IN THE EARLY OLIGOCENE CAPELLA FLORA, EASTERN AUSTRALIA
Andrew Carl Rozefelds et al
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Flower and fruit of malvaceous affinity preserved In amber from the Eocene of western India
Hukam Singh, Bruce H. Tiffney, Walter S. Judd, Priya Agnihotri, Steven R. Manchester
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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