| Abstract: | Journal of Plant Ecology (JPE) decided to establish awards of JPE Best Papers, in order to thank and encourage authors to submit their valuable research to JPE. This award will be given annually to the first author(s) of 2–5 papers selected by the editors, according to the citation data as well as the impact in the field of plant ecology. We will place extra emphasis on authors who had completed graduate studies not more than 5 years before submission of the paper, to encourage more early-career scientists to submit their work to JPE. It will come with a ‘JPE Best Paper’ certificate, as well as a price money of Chinese RMB 5000.This year, we selected the best papers from all the articles published in the year of 2020. Here, we are delighted to announce the three winners of a ‘JPE Best Paper’ award and highlight the significance of these papers below. |
