Weed Research

Weed Research is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes topical and innovative papers on all aspects of weeds, defined as plants that impact adversely on economic, aesthetic or environmental aspects of any system. 

Topics include:

• Weed biology and control
• Herbicides
• Invasive plant species in all environments
• Population and spatial biology
• Modelling
• Genetics
• Biodiversity
• Parasitic plants

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Why not publish your next paper in Weed Research?:

Impact Factor: 1.622

Online submission system: safe, secure and easy to use, the new system streamlines the Editorial process and can be accessed online from anywhere.

Author Services: track your manuscript through the production process from acceptance to final publication and then have the opportunity to email the final version directly to ten people of your choice.

International readership: Weed Research is available in more than 7,000 institutions worldwide.

Direct to desktop: once your paper is published online a link will be automatically emailed to more than 1,400 readers.

Weed Research in the news:

The following paper 'The invasive weed Lantana camara increases fire risk in dry rainforest by altering fuel beds' has been featured by online news site ABC Science.

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Recommended papers

Current statistical issues in Weed Research
A. Onofri, E.A. Carbonell, H-P Piepho, A.M. Mortimer, R.D. Cousens
The correct design of experimental studies, the selection of the appropriate statistical analysis of data and the efficient presentation of results are key to the good conduct and communication of science.
The Editor recommends that authors submitting to Weed Research read this paper!

The role of arable weed seeds for agroecosystem functioning
A C Franke, L A P Lotz, W J Van Der Burg, L Van Overbeek

Which model species for weed seedbank and emergence studies? A review
A Gardarin, C Dürr, N Colbach

Predictive models of weed population dynamics
R P Freckleton, P A Stephens

Site-specific weed control technologies
S Christensen, H T Søgaard, P Kudsk et al.

The relative generality of plant invasion mechanisms and predicting future invasive plants
M-X Ren, Q-G Zhang

Insights

The journal will accept short Insights articles covering personal views, new methods and breaking news in weed science.

Read the latest Insight papers

A selection of the top cited Chinese papers published in Weed Research are available to read online.

You can also read the top cited and top accessed papers from Weed Research online by clicking on the links in the left hand menu.

The Editor of Weed Research is holding a one-day course on writing a scientific paper at the International Weed Science Congress, Hangzhou, China (17-22 June 2012).

Spaces are limited so book early to avoid disappointment!