Molecular Plant is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes both original research and review articles in the field of plant biology, with a particular emphasis on plant cell biology, physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, development, plant-microbe interaction, genomics, bioinformatics, and molecular evolution. It is published by Cell Press on behalf of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Society for Plant Biology, and Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences with professional editors for the journal working out of a Shanghai office.[1] The journal was established in 2008.[2]

Molecular Plant
DisciplinePlant Biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMolecular Plant
Publication details
History2008-present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
Hybrid
12.084 (2019)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Mol. Plant
Indexing
ISSN1674-2052
Links

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 12.084.[3] In 2018 it was the fourth highest ranked plant science journal by impact factor and the second highest ranked among plant science journals which publish original research.[4] From the establishment of the journal until 2015, it was published by Oxford University Press. In 2015 the journal transitioned to publication by Cell Press.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cell Press will publish China-based journal Molecular Plant". Elsevier Connect.
  2. ^ Luan, Sheng; Chen, Xiao-Ya; Raikhel, Natasha; Briggs, Winslow (2008). "A New 'Silk Road' for a New Era of Plant Science". Molecular Plant: 1. doi:10.1093/mp/ssm024.
  3. ^ "Molecular Plant". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science OR Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2020.
  4. ^ Library, Hancock. "LibGuides: Plant sciences: High impact journals". libguides.anu.edu.au.