Announcements

Plants (ISSN: 2223-7747, https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/journal/plants) is launching a new initiative, the Plants Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program intends to provide an opportunity for early-career scientists to enhance their editing, networking, and organizational skills and to work closely with our journal to gain more editorial experience.

Early-career scientists are being asked to propose ideas for new Plants Special Issues. The early-career scientists would act as Guest Editors under the mentorship of an experienced scientist. This mentor could be a member of the Editorial Board of Plants, from other well-established research institutes or laboratories, etc.

Early career scientists would have the following responsibilities:

• Providing a CV, including a list of publications;
• Proposing a Special Issue title and a short introduction;
• Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
• Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue;
• Reviewing and making decisions for submissions under the mentorship of our Editorial Board Members.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Plants Editorial Office ([email protected]), and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, Plants will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals based on hot research topics as usual.