Review of activities 2023

• In the calendar year 2023 the journal Annals of Botany appeared for the 137th year in unbroken succession. Seven issues within Volume 131 and seven within Volume 132 were published. The total number of edited pages in 2023 was 2,450 (1,967 in 2022).
• Two 'Special Issues' appeared in 2023 (two in 2022), dealing with Polyploidy in Ecology and Evolution and CAM at the Crossroads. Three examples of the less exhaustive 'Focus Issue' (containing smaller collections of special topic papers) appeared in 2023, Focus on Plant Reproductive Biology, Focus on Pollination and Floral Regulation, and Focus on Plants and their Soil Communities (none in 2022). Eight 'Review' articles appeared (eight in 2022); two 'Viewpoints' were published (four in 2022); nine 'Research in Context' articles (nine in 2022); and two 'Technical Articles' (one in 2022). Sixteen examples of 'Commentary' articles discussing selected recent articles from the journal appeared in 2023 (17 in 2022). 

• As usual, original research articles comprised the bulk of the journal, with 149 being published in 2022 (119 in 2022). The total number of pages published was 9 % below the available maximum (27 % below in 2022). The practice of including a different full colour illustration on the outside cover each month was continued, together with a full colour 'Content Snapshot' preview of every article. The cover design itself was refreshed during 2023. Publication of the journal remained in the hands of Oxford University Press.
• AoB PLANTS, also with Oxford University Press, maintained its high quality of production and level of service to authors. The journal published six issues within Volume 15. There were 87 articles in 2023, across 1,090 pages (63 and 684 in 2022) and continued to levy Article Processing Charges, with 38 exemptions being awarded (eight in 2022). The output in 2023 included eighteen 'Viewpoint' articles, published as part of the journal's 'Emerging Voices' initiative. In 2023 its total revenue decreased 4% below that of the previous year (41% decrease in 2022).
• The Company's latest open access, online only journal, in silico Plants, appeared for its fourth complete year in 2023. It deals with all aspects of computational plant science and Oxford University Press is again the publisher. Volume 5 appeared 2023, over two issues, and contained 23 articles and 341 edited pages (21 and 292 in 2022). No APC waivers were granted (seven in 2022). Total revenue in 2023 was £28k (£18k in 2022).
• The online magazine BotanyOne continued to grow in variety and prestige. The electronic newsletter, The Week in Botany continues to be sent out weekly to plant scientists on a free subscription basis.