In 2015, the Journal of Systematics and Evolution (JSE) established the JSE Outstanding Papers Awards to recognize the important, high-impact papers published in JSE in the previous two years.

To encourage outstanding authors, attract more high-quality submissions, and better serve related academic disciplines, in 2024, JSE revised the selection process for outstanding papers and increased the number of selected papers.

Recently, JSE formed a review committee consisting of the Editors-in-Chief and the Editorial Board Members. The committee conducted a comprehensive evaluation of articles published in 2022 based on five criteria: importance of the topic, innovative content, scientific rigor of research, practical applicability of findings, and readability of the articles, ultimately selecting 10 outstanding papers. The winners of the JSE Outstanding Papers Awards receive a certificate and a monetary prize.

Here we are delighted to announce the 2024 JSE Outstanding Papers and highlight the significance of the ten awarded papers. Congratulations to the authors of each of these papers and thank you all for publishing your exciting, cutting-edge research in JSE.

We also cordially invite our colleagues in systematics and evolution to submit their first‐rate research papers to JSE and be considered for these awards in the coming years!


JSE Outstanding Papers for 2024

1. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update

Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Konstantin Romaschenko, Lynn G. Clark, Jordan K. Teisher, Lynn J. Gillespie, Patricia Barberá, Cassiano A. D. Welker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, De-Zhu Li, and Gerrit Davidse

J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (3): 476-521.

论文解读：JSE专辑|最新的禾本科分类系统

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12847

2. Genomic architectural variation of plant mitochondria—A review of multichromosomal structuring

Zhi-Qiang Wu, Xue-Zhu Liao, Xiao-Ni Zhang, Luke R. Tembrock, and Amanda Broz

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(1): 160-168.

论文解读：植物线粒体的基因组多染色体结构变异的意义

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12655

3. Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae

Timothy J. Gallaher, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Fernando O. Zuloaga, De-Zhu Li, Lynn G. Clark, Christopher D. Tyrrell, Cassiano A.D. Welker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, and Jordan K. Teisher

J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (3): 522-569.

论文解读：JSE专辑|全球禾本科生物地理格局与宏演化历史

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12857

4. Phylogenomic relationships andspecies identification of the olive genus Olea (Oleaceae)

Wen-Pan Dong, Jia-Hui Sun, Yan-Lei Liu, Chao Xu, Yi-Heng Wang, Zhi-Li Suo, Shi-Liang Zhou, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, and Jun Wen

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(6): 1263-1280.

论文解读：木犀科木犀榄属的系统发生和物种鉴定

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12802

5. Plastid and nuclear phylogenomic incongruences and biogeographic implications of Magnolia s.l. (Magnoliaceae)

Shan-Shan Dong, Ya-Ling Wang, Nian-He Xia, Yang Liu, Min Liu, Lian Lian, Na Li, Ling-Fei Li, Xiao-An Lang, Yi-Qing Gong, Lu Chen, Ernest Wu, and Shou-Zhou Zhang  

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(1): 1-15.

论文解读：木兰科的系统发育冲突和生物地理学意义

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12727

6. Ancestral gene duplications in mosses characterized by integrated phylogenomic analyses

Bei Gao, Mo-Xian Chen, Xiao-Shuang Li, Yu-Qing Liang, Dao-Yuan Zhang, Andrew J. Wood, Melvin J. Oliver, and Jian-Hua Zhang

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(1): 144-159.

论文解读：苔藓植物古多倍化历史及重复基因保留特征

原文链接： https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12683

7. Fine-scale north-to-south genetic admixture profile in Shaanxi Han Chinese revealed by genome-wide demographic history reconstruction

Guang-Lin He, Meng-Ge Wang, Ying-Xiang Li, Xing Zou, Hui-Yuan Yeh, Ren-Kuan Tang, Xiao-Min Yang, Zheng Wang, Jian-Xin Guo, Ting Luo, Jing Zhao, Jin Sun, Rong Hu, Lan-Hai Wei, Gang Chen, Yi-Ping Hou, and Chuan-Chao Wang

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(4): 955-972.

论文解读：陕西汉族人群的精细遗传图谱

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12715

8. The diversification of the northern temperate woody flora – A case study of the Elm family (Ulmaceae) based on phylogenomic and paleobotanical evidence

Qiu-Yue Zhang, Min Deng, Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi, Zhe-Kun Zhou, Guang-Wan Hu, and Yao-Wu Xing

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(4): 728-746.

论文解读：北温带木本植物榆科的多样化及生物地理历史——来自系统发育基因组和化石证据

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12720

9. Mitochondrial genes from 18 angiosperms fill sampling gaps for phylogenomic inferences of the early diversification of flowering plants

Jia-Yu Xue, Shan-Shan Dong, Ming-Qiang Wang, Tian-Qiang Song, Guang-Can Zhou, Zhen Li, Yves Van de Peer, Zhu-Qing Shao, Wei Wang, Min Chen, Yan-Mei Zhang, Xiao-Qin Sun, Hong-Feng Chen, Yong-Xia Zhang, Shou-Zhou Zhang, Fei Chen, Liang-Sheng Zhang, Cymon Cox, Yang Liu, Qiang Wang, and Yue-Yu Hang

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(4): 773-788.

论文解读：基于线粒体基因组的开花植物早期分化类群间的系统发育关系

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12708

10. Cryptic lineages and potential introgression in a mixed-ploidy species (Phragmites australis) across temperate China

Le-Le Liu, Mei-Qi Yin, Xiao Guo, Jing-Wen Wang, Yun-Fei Cai, Cui Wang, Xiao-Na Yu, Ning Du, Hans Brix, Franziska Eller, Carla Lambertini, and Wei-Hua Guo

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(2): 398-410.

论文解读：中国温带芦苇的隐存谱系与基因渐渗格局

原文链接：https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12672