Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Zigmantas Gudžinskas

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Editor-in-Chief

Zigmantas Gudžinskas

Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-5924

Web of Science Researcher ID ABD-1843-2020

Scopus Author ID 15919286200

Editorial Board

Martynas Bučas

Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-5669

Kevin Cianfaglione

University of Lorraine, Metz, France 

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1336-1468

Web of Science Researcher ID AAL-8874-2020

Scopus Author ID 55645730000

Matej Dudáš

University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik, Košice, Slovakia 

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2446-9498

Scopus Author ID 55975933900

Gabriele Galasso

Museum of Natural History of Milan, Milan, Italy 

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2501-456X

Scopus Author ID 35763704900

Marija Gligora Udovič

University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1982-2528

Web of Science Researcher ID AAK-7730-2021

Scopus Author ID 13605503200

Martin Kukwa

University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1560-909X

Web of Science Researcher ID X-9510-2019

Scopus Author ID 6603490036

Sergei L. Mosyakin

M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, Kyiv, Ukraine

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3570-3190

Web of Science Researcher ID L-9984-2019

Scopus Author ID 6602922742

Jurga Motiejūnaitė

Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6949-1990

Scopus Author ID 8934879200

Olha Mykhailenko

National University of Pharmacy, Kharkiv, Ukraine

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3822-8409

Web of Science Researcher ID AAH-9238-2019

Scopus Author ID 57191992571

Dávid U. Nagy

Martin-Luther-University Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-4459

Web of Science Researcher ID N-8697-2019

Scopus Author ID 56414387600

Robert Pal

Montana Technological University, Montana, USA

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2843-8517

Artur Pliszko

Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3620-6695

Web of Science Researcher ID 0-8652-2018

Scopus Author ID 55340376300

Chayakorn Pumas

Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1866-3641

Web of Science Researcher ID ABA-7314-2021

Scopus Author ID 36992486900

Alexander N. Sennikov

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6664-7657

Web of Science Researcher ID AAX-5035-2020

Scopus Author ID 57188534941

Iskren G. Sergiev

Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Sofia, Bulgaria

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-9146

Scopus Author ID 6603230596

Filip Verloove

Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4144-2422

Scopus Author ID 56044794900

 Subject Editors

Ilona Jukonienė

Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

 https://orcid.org/K0000-0002-0664-1402

Bryology, conservation biology, plant ecology, wetland vegetation

Sigita Jurkonienė

Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1493-4782

Web of Science Researcher ID H-2649-2014

Scopus Author ID 6603128144

Cell biology, ecotoxicology, plant ecophysiology, plant physiology

Birutė Karpavičienė

Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5620-5775

Web of Science Researcher ID ABG-1519-2021

Scopus Author ID 22985270000

Economic botany, plant morphology, plant anatomy

Judita Koreivienė

Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8156-7548

Fundamental and applied algology

Agricola (National Agricultural Library)

CABI (over 50 subsections)

DOAJ

EBSCO (relevant databases)

EBSCO Discovery Service

Google Scholar

SCOPUS

Web of Science - Biological Abstracts

Web of Science - BIOSIS Previews

Open Access

The Open Access policy of Botanica means that authors retain the copyright of their articles, which can be copied, downloaded and freely distributed within society. The primary advantage of Open Access journals is that the entire content is freely available to users everywhere, and this may enhance citation rates of Open Access papers. 

Copyright

Authors of articles published in Botanica retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (Attribution 4.0 International - CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Examples of the references

Regular journal article

Dana E.D., Verloove F., Alves P., Heiden G., 2021: Senecio brasiliensis (Spreng.) Less. (Asteraceae), another potentially invasive alien species in Europe. – BioInvasions Records, 10(3): 521–536. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2021.10.3.02

EPPO, 2020: PM 9/9 (2) Heracleum mantegazzianum,  H. sosnowskyi  and  H. persicum.  – EPPO Bulletin, 50(3): 515–524. https://doi.org/10.1111/epp.12687

For articles with more than 20 authors:

Chytrý M., Hennekens S.M., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Knollová I., Dengler J. et al., 2016: European Vegetation Archive (EVA): An integrated database of European vegetation plots. – Applied Vegetation Science, 19(1): 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12191

Publications in a non-Latin script:

Shevchyk V.L., Shevchyk T.V., 2019: [Phytocenotic characteristics of plant communities with Amorpha fruticosa (Fabaceae) in the Middle Dnipro area (Ukraine)]. – Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 76(1): 42–51. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj76.01.042

Article in press

Badalamenti E., 2021: First record of Heptapleurum arboricola Hayata (Araliaceae) as a casual non-native woody plant in the Mediterranean area. – BioInvasions Records, 10 (in press).

Book, authored

Stuessy T.F., 2009: Plant Taxonomy. The Systematic Evaluation of Compatative Data (2nd ed.). New York.

Book, edited

Pyšek P., Cock M.J.W., Nentwig W., Ravn H.P. (eds), 2007: Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). Wallingford. 

Book articles

Thiele J., Otte A., 2007: Impact of Heracleum mantegazzianum on invaded vegetation and human activities. – In: Pyšek P., Cock M.J.W., Nentwig W., Ravn H.P. (eds), Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum): 144–156. Wallingford. 

Conference proceedings and article in conference proceedings book

Kühn I., 2017: Modelling plant invasions: the role of climate, traits and socioeconomy. – In: Máguas C., Crous C., Costa C. (eds), Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions. Syntheses, Challenges and New Opportunities. 4–7 September 2017, Lisboa, Portugal. Book of Abstracts: 36. Lisboa. 

Máguas C., Crous C., Costa C. (eds), 2017: Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions. Syntheses, Challenges and New Opportunities. 4–7 September 2017, Lisboa, Portugal. Book of Abstracts. Lisboa.

Reports and other technical documents

By author:

Smeets E., Weterings R., 1999: Environmental Indicators: Typology and Overview. EEA Technical report No 25. European Environment Agency. 

By institutional author:

European Commission, 2017: Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern. Luxembourg.

Legal acts

CIR, 2017: Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2017/1263 of 12 July 2017 updating the list of invasive alien species of Union concern established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council. – Official Journal of the European Union, L182: 37.

European Community, 2000: Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. – Official Journal of the European Communities, L327: 1–72.

Įstatymas, 2020: Lietuvos Respublikos laukinių augalų ir grybų įstatymas. – Teisės aktų registras, Nr. 21145. 

Theses 

Rijal D.P., 2015: Invasive Heracleum in northern Europe: Introduction history and impact on native plant diversity. A dissertation for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor. University of Tromsø. Tromsø. 

Web sites and online databases

Kirschner J., Štepánek J., Greuter W., 2007: Taraxacum. – In: Greuter W., Raab-Straube E. von (eds), Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. http://ww2.bgbm.org [accessed 15 December 2021].

IPNI, 2021: International Plant Name Index. https://www.ipni.org [accessed 15 December 2021].

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