From Acta Botanica Sinica to JIPB: Connecting Chinese Plant Science with the International Community for 60 Years

Abstract

In 1952,when botany was still regarded as a "new science" in China,a quarterly journal named Acta Botanica Sinica (ABS) was established by the Botanical Society of China.Dr.Shih-Wei Loo received his Ph.D.from the California Institute of Technology (CIT) in 1945,and was appointed as the journal's first Editor-in-Chief for his achievements in plant biology (Tang and Loo 1940;Loo and Wang 1943).Since then,the journal has continuously nourished the growth of many Chinese botanists,except for a 5-year hiatus during the arduous Cultural Revolution period between 1967 and 1972.By 1989,the journal began publishing monthly.