Aims and Scopes: This authoritative journal serves as a comprehensive, convenient source of new and important findings exploring the influence of currently known essential and nonessential elements on plant physiology and growth—offering prompt publication of outstanding original research and review papers in this vital area of plant and soil science. Includes special symposium issues that focus on essential nutrients, heavy metals, and trace elements. Refereed by an internationally renowned editorial board ensuring a high level of scholarship, the Journal of Plant Nutrition provides insightful coverage of nutritional topics, such as hydroponics, nutrient requirements for greenhouse crops, container production, media analysis of pine bark, peat and artificial media, floriculture production, vegetable crop production, fruit crop production, ornamental production, tropical crops, foliage plants, agronomic crops, forestry, and much more.

Submission of Manuscripts: Journal of Plant Nutrition receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their Manuscript Central website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/LPLA. Manuscript Central allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. For Manuscript Central technical support, you may contact them by e-mail or phone support via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests please contact the journal at jplantnutrition@gmail.com.  Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources and are required to sign an agreement for the transfer of copyright to the publisher. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become the property of the publisher.

All parts of the manuscript should be typewritten, double-spaced, with margins of at least one inch on all sides. Number manuscript pages consecutively throughout the paper. Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title suitable for the running head, not exceeding 50 character spaces. Each article should be summarized in an abstract of not more than 150 words. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams, and reference to the text within the abstract. Authors must give from three to ten key words that identify the most important subjects covered by the paper.  

Affiliation: On the title page include full names of authors, academic and/or other professional affiliations and the complete mailing address of the author to whom proofs and correspondence should be sent. Do not submit position titles.

References: Include only references to books, articles, and bulletins actually cited in the text. Examples of the journal style are listed here. Cite in the text by author and date (Smith, 1983). Prepare reference list in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style. Examples:

Book Chapter: Hsu, P. H. 1987. Aluminum hydroxides and oxyhydroxides. In: Minerals in Soil Environments, eds. J. B. Nixon and S. Weed, pp. 99-143. Madison, Wisconsin: SSSA.

Journal Article: Tian, G., and G. O. Kolawole. 2004. Comparison of various plant residues as phosphate rock amendment on Savanna soils of West Africa. Journal of Plant Nutrition 27: 571–583.

Book: New, T. R. 1991. Insects as Predators. Kensington, Australia: New South Wales University Press.  

Illustrations: Illustrations submitted (line drawings, half-tones, photos, photomicrographs, etc.) should be clean originals or digital files. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow these guidelines:

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• sized to fit on journal page
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• submitted as separate files, not embedded in text files

Print + Online Reproduction: $900 for the first page of color; $450 each for the next three pages of color. A custom quote will be provided for articles with more than four pages of color. Art not supplied at a minimum of 300 dpi will not be considered for print.  

Tables and Figures: Tables and figures should not be embedded in the text, but should be included as separate sheets or files. A short descriptive title should appear above each table with a clear legend and any footnotes suitably identified below. All units must be included. Figures should be completely labeled, taking into account necessary size reduction. Captions should be typed, double-spaced, on a separate sheet. All original figures should be clearly marked in pencil on the reverse side with the number, author's name, and top edge indicated.  

Proofs: All proofs must be corrected and returned to the publisher within 48 hours of receipt. If the manuscript is not returned within the allotted time, the editor will proofread the article and it will be printed per his instruction. Only correction of typographical errors is permitted at the proof stage.

Offprints: Reprints of an individual article are available at the time authors review page proofs. A discount is available to authors who order before print publication.  

Complimentary Policy. Each corresponding author of an article will receive a PDF file of the article via email.