New Phytologist goes online-only from January 2012.

The authors reflect on the potential online publication of the "New Phytologist" journal in 2012 in the U.S. They mention that their decision to produce an online version of the journal is driven by the increasing number of readers who prefer to utilize electronic journals. They reveal that the other factors which prompted them are the difficulties encountered by subscribers in terms of storing and accessing printed journals and the rising costs of printing and distributing of these journals.