I am pleased to announce the creation of the American Journal of Botany Reviews Section, which will feature timely syntheses of major issues and new insights to guide future research. One of my primary goals as Editor‐in‐Chief of the American Journal of Botany, is to ensure that the journal is serving the needs of the members of the Botanical Society of America and plant biologists generally. In wide‐ranging discussions with Associate Editors, authors, readers, and members of the society, the critical importance of reviews was mentioned repeatedly. Reviews are highly valued by students learning about a field for the first time, as well as by established scientists for thoughtful synthesis and fresh perspectives. Reviews provide the opportunity to explore newly emerging fields and to bring together research in disparate areas to generate new questions. Reviews also draw new authors and readers to the journal.

AJB Associate Editor Jannice Friedman (Queen’s University, Canada) is serving as the inaugural Reviews Editor, and BSA Director‐at‐Large for Publications Emily Sessa (University of Florida) and I are assisting as a team that collaborate to invite potential authors and assess proposed topics. Once submitted, the reviews are handled by one of AJB’s associate editors. See https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15372197/homepage/forauthors for details of submission.

We launch our reviews section with a timely contribution from Mark Olson (Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), “From Carlquist's ecological wood anatomy to Carlquist’s Law: why comparative anatomy is crucial for functional xylem biology”. This review focuses on the work of an eminent botanist, whose thought‐provoking work has at times been controversial. The review uses Carlquist’s research as a framework to address the integration of comparative data with that of experimental/functional approaches, fields that have often functioned independently. We hope that you enjoy reading this paper as much as we did!

We aim to ultimately feature a review in each issue. If you have an idea for a contribution or a topic that you would like to see reviewed, please contact us at reviews@botany.org.

我很高兴地宣布成立了《美国植物学杂志》评论版块，该版块将及时综合主要问题和新见解，以指导未来的研究。作为《美国植物学杂志》主编的主要目标之一，是为了确保该期刊能够满足美国植物学会会员和植物生物学家的普遍需求。在与副编辑，作者，读者和社会成员的广泛讨论中，反复提到了评论的重要性。初次学习该领域的学生以及成熟的科学家对于周到的综合和崭新的见解均给予高度评价。评论为探索新兴领域和将不同领域的研究汇聚在一起以产生新问题提供了机会。评论还吸引了新的作者和读者加入该期刊。

AJB副编辑Jannice Friedman（加拿大皇后大学）担任首届评论编辑，BSA大型出版物主任Emily Sessa（佛罗里达大学）和我作为一个团队正在协助邀请潜在的作者并进行评估建议的主题。提交后，评论将由AJB的一位副编辑处理。有关提交的详细信息，请参阅https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15372197/homepage/forauthors。

我们在Mark Olson（墨西哥国立自治大学生物学研究所，Instituto deBiología）的及时贡献下启动了我们的评论部分，“从卡尔奎斯特的生态木材解剖学到卡尔奎斯特定律：为什么比较解剖学对于功能木质部生物学至关重要”。这篇评论的重点是一位著名植物学家的工作，他的发人深省的工作有时引起争议。该评论使用卡尔奎斯特（Carlquist）的研究作为框架来解决比较数据与实验/功能方法（通常独立发挥作用的领域）的集成问题。我们希望您像我们一样喜欢阅读本文！

我们的目标是最终对每个问题进行审查。如果您有想要发表评论的想法或主题，请通过reviews@botany.org与我们联系。