Category: Editorial news

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the fourth quarter of 2025

Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor)

Extensively used arable field with a rich weed flora, including Agrostemma githago, on the island of Lemnos, Greece. Source: Rinne et al. (2025).

In the fourth quarter of its 6th volume, Vegetation Classification and Survey(VCS) has published seven articles (see list below).…

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Palaearctic Grasslands 65 is published

The post provided by Idoia Biurrun (Deputy Chief Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands)

The new issue of Palaearctic Grasslands is out, and you can read the complete issue here.

This new issue includes the results of the elections for the EDGG Executive Committee and a report on our activities from September 2024 to October 2025, as well as announcements on the Eurasian Grassland Conference and Field Workshop to be held in 2026.…

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Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in Vegetation Classification and Survey

The post provided by Idoia Biurrun (Chief Editor of Vegetation Classification and Survey)

Diversity of European vegetation types (Photo credit: I. Biurrun and J.A. Campos)

The IAVS Working Group European Vegetation Survey and the IAVS’ gold open access journal “Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS)” are proud to launch a joint Special Collection dedicated to the broad-scale classification of European vegetation.…

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025

Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor)

In the second quarter of its 6th volume, Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) has published six articles (see list below). Among these, the Chief Editors selected the contribution by Monteiro-Henriques (2025) as the Editors’ Choice article.…

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VCS is looking for new members of the Editorial Board

Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor)

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), the gold open-access journal of IAVS dedicated to developing and applying vegetation typologies as well as to ecoinformatics of vegetation, is growing. With its first Journal Impact Factor of 3.0 released a few weeks ago, its attractiveness to both authors and readers has further grown.…

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