Our co-Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Jürgen Dengler (@ZHAW) with a preface of of his Forum Paper on the priorities in #journal selection for #authors, #reviewers, #editors, #librarians & #science #funders. 👉See more: vcs.pensoft.net/news/501 #AcademicChatter #ScholarlyPublishing

An outline of the biogeographical amplitude of the different syntaxonomic ranks is proposed to reduce the typological inflation seen in some areas where intensive phytosociological studies have occured and many papers have been published. @upvehu doi.org/10.3897/VCS.10…

🇹🇯 Syntaxonomic classification of forb steppes and related #vegetation of subalpine and alpine belts in the Pamir-Alai Mountains, Tajikistan. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/VCS.10…

Vegetation Classification and Survey (@VCSjournal ): Editors’ Choice of the third quarter of 2023 vegsciblog.org/2023/11/26/vcs… @IAVS5

📢We are happy to be represented by @univdeevora at #IUFRO2023! If you are attending 👉the conference, stop by to check SOLO's promotional materials and learn more about our project! 🌱

🤔Curious about REST-COAST's role in our 9 pilot projects? Check our latest campaign #RestCoast_Pilots for insights! 🌿Within the Spanish pilot site - #EbroDelta, we focus on restoring #coastal and river connectivity, emphasizing on #wetlands, beaches, dunes & #seagrass meadows.

Explore the full special collection here: 🔗 vcs.pensoft.net/collection/316/

🇳🇦 As part of the VCS 'African vegetation' special collection, this paper provides the first syntaxonomic description of #vegetation from the Karstveld in Namibia. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.99… #syntaxonomy

🗨️The choice of #journals in which to publish or serve as #reviewer or #editor has far-reaching consequences, says Prof Dr Jürgen Dengler. He also compares #OA models of society-owned and "predatory" journals. More: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.11… #academicpublishing #openaccess @IAVS5

🌱The Transcaucasian Vegetation Database is a new dataset that aims to compile, store and share vegetation-plot records from the Southern Caucasus. 🔗Read more: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.10… #vegetation #biodiversity

Methods employed in #vegetation science and weed science differ in plot sizes, surveyed field parts, and the seasonal timing of the survey, this study found. doi.org/10.3897/VCS.10…

...and view the full article here: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.10… @vegsciblog #vegetationscience #plantscience #plantsci #ecology #biomes

🍃🏆 Our latest Editors' Choice Paper has been chosen! 👉 Learn more about the important research into the #vegetation of the Arid Chaco in Argentina 🇦🇷. 🔗vcs.pensoft.net/news/493

The book of life is written #DNA of all species on Earth & "we are burning the books before we even read them". #SequencingTechnology already exists to identify new & existing species. @iBOLConsortium tells us it is urgent to sample #biodiversity to protect it. #GEOBONconf2023

🌳In collaboration with the European Vegetation Survey, we have launched a Special Collection dedicated to the classification and diversity of European #forests and forest fringes! 🔗Learn more about the collection here: vcs.pensoft.net/news/492

@CavenderG9 Thank you @CavenderG9 for your great and insightful keynote: - #RemoteSensing needs to be coupled with on the ground observations - #Genetics can inform #EO and rapid management - Ethics are as important as new technology to conserve #biodiversity #GEOBONconf2023

🧐A recent paper published in @VCSjournal discusses current trends in #OApublishing & possible ways to solve the existing challenges: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.11… 🎁Bonus: a set of criteria that could help to recognise potentially #predatoryjournals! #AcademicPublishing #GoldOA

Proposal the conservation of the superfluous name Poo-Astragaletum sesamei against the earlier, legitimate name Astragalo scorpioidis-Medicaginetum truncatulae, and for the designation of a conserved type for the Poo-Astragaletum sesamei: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.10…

🆕In a forum paper: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.11…, our E-in-C Jürgen Dengler discusses "collateral damages" of #GoldOA. He also compiles a “whitelist” of society-owned #journals in #ecology & organismal #botany + a set of criteria how to recognise “predatory” journals. #academictwitter

New Special Collection on “Classification and diversity of European forests and forest fringes” launched by @VCSjournal vegsciblog.org/2023/10/02/vcs… @IAVS5

🌿📚 #CallForPapers: Special Collection on European #Forests and Forest Fringes 📚🌿 We invite you to submit original research and review papers for our new Special Collection! blog.pensoft.net/2023/09/29/new…

👌All @iAvs members continue to publish with #noAPCs at the #Vegetation Classification and Survey #journal! 📌More: vcs.pensoft.net/news/448 📌Reminder the Association also provides membership discounts & waivers. See: iavs.org/page/membershi…. @iAvsLac @vegsciblog @iAvsYoung

Vegetation Classification and Survey (@VCSjournal ): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2023 vegsciblog.org/2023/08/25/vcs… @IAVS5

🗨️"In our simulation study, we analysed whether sticking to the tradition of ordinal scales is a wise decision or not," explain authors of a recent VCS Methods paper about #plant cover estimates (see: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.98…) in a guest post @vegsciblog. vegsciblog.org/2023/08/14/sho…

Early career opportunity in vegetation science. Share your research experiences via a short video at the Virtual Excursions (VE) special session, #IAVS2023. Please apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📢 Two weeks left until the @IAVS5 Annual Symposium themed "The Future of #Vegetation in the 22nd Century" (and you can still register!😉) #VegetationScience #PlantScience #PlantSci #Botany #Ecology vcs.pensoft.net/news/374

Should we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales? Plain language summary to paper by Dengler and Dembicz in @VCSjournal vegsciblog.org/2023/08/14/sho… @IAVS5

🤩All @iAvs members continue to publish with #noAPCs at the #Vegetation Classification and Survey #journal! 📌More: vcs.pensoft.net/news/448 📌Reminder the Association also provides membership discounts & waivers. See: iavs.org/page/membershi…. @iAvsLac @vegsciblog @iAvsYoung

Did you hear?🤔 At #Vegetation Classification and Survey, we recently received our first @Scopus #CiteScore!🎉 The 2022 score stands at 2.0, while the 2023 #CiteScoreTracker (updated monthly) reads even higher! 🔗More: vcs.pensoft.net/news/449 #plantscience #scholarlypublishing

A study of land cover change in #inselbergs and adjacent areas in a region facing anthropogenic pressures: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.89… Part of our special collection on African #vegetation studies: vcs.pensoft.net/browse_user_co…