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Preface from the New Editor-in-Chief
In 2019, I accepted the role of editor-in-chief for Acta Botanica Croatica after my 10-year term within the Editorial 
Board as the subject editor in phycology and vegetation ecology. I want to thank Professor emeritus Damir Viličić, 
editor-in chief from 1998–2013, for recruiting me to the Editorial Board. It was a pleasure to be able to work with 
such a dedicated and talented group of section editors. It went by all too quickly.

In 2020, Acta Botanica Croatica has reached Volume 79. This issue of Acta Botanica Croatica is the first to ap-
pear under my editorship. The previous editor (2014–2019), Dr. Branka Salopek Sondi, the Ruđer Bošković Institute, 
Zagreb, has helped to develop Acta Botanica Croatica into a prominent international journal for botanical research.

Papers published in Acta Botanica Croatica are more and more cited in highly competent journals, increasing the 
impact factor (WoSCC, 2014–2018) from 0.516 to 0.985 (5-year impact factor: 1.006; the third quartile, Q3, in Plant 
Science) over the time window examined.

In 2020, Acta Botanica Croatica also celebrates its 95th anniversary. Its longevity continues to be a testament to the 
vitality of the field of botany, and I hope that Acta Botanica Croatica continues to be a review resource for different 
field botanists. High quality standards and modern scientific content should be a permanent editorial goal in order 
for the success of Acta Botanica Croatica to be maintained.

Finally, on behalf of myself and the Editorial Board, I want to convey our general thanks to the authors and re-
viewers. It is they who are primarily to be credited with the actual content and the success of Acta Botanica Croatica.

Nenad Jasprica