21st Century Issues

Contemporary issues

We will not only recover old issues, but create new ones 🥰🥰
Manuscripts and thematic competitions will be announced via email to the staff and students of the Cambridge University Department of Plant Sciences, Crop Science Centre (CSC), Herbarium (CGE), Botanic Garden (CUBG) and Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU).
One digital issue per term. One physical issue per year. That's all we can do.
H-index is just a bit less than Nature's
We do incur publication fees that can range between £5,000 and £20,000, depending on when you need your manuscript published

Open Competition!

(Currently closed because a new issue was just published!)

Open Call for short texts!

(Currently closed because a new issue was just published!)

To commemorate the re-launch of the Tea Phytologist, we are bringing back one of the initiatives of the 1908 Lent issue: Our Limerick Competition.

Please submit your Limerick inspired by Plant Sciences
The funniest Limerick will receive a recognition and prize ranging from 0 to 25 pounds
Submission can be done anonymously

Let's celebrate firsts!

Since we are bringing the very first 20th century issue and aim to publish the first 21st century issue...

We would love to publish a compendium of short texts written by staff, students and alumni from across the plant biology world at Cambridge.
Submit a short text (maximum 200 words, we won't count them) telling us telling us and our readers how you first got in contact with the field of Plant Sciences or/and Botany. Humour is appreciated.
Submission can be done anonymously

How to submit?

Do you want to participate in our open calls?
You can submit via
- Our contact form
- Email to tea@plantsci.cam.ac.uk

Our latest issue

Issue nº 21.1 - Easter Term 2026

The first 21st Century issue of the Tea Phytologist is finally out!!

Now, thanks to your contributions, we are happy to announce a first Easter 2026 digital issue. Find the issue in our Microsoft Sway:

https://sway.cloud.microsoft/g5ncJmFUnSHwBfWv

(We recommend reading the issue in a PC/laptop, where Microsoft Sway keeps better the formatting than in a mobile.)

We hope to receive your feedback, whether positive, very positive or exceptionally positive.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this issue possible. We will be opening the call for contributions for the Summer Term issue very soon, and hope to see the same fantastic level of participation continue.

Find all the contemporary issues

Issue nº 21.1 - Easter 2026

Find the issue in our Microsoft Sway: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/g5ncJmFUnSHwBfWv

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