
The Journal of Plant Research is an international publication that gathers and disseminates fundamental knowledge in all areas of plant sciences. Coverage extends to every corner of the field, including such topics as evolutionary biology, phylogeography, phylogeny, taxonomy, genetics, ecology, morphology, physiology, developmental biology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, and systems biology.
The journal presents full-length research articles that describe original and fundamental findings of significance that contribute to understanding of plants, as well as shorter communications reporting significant new findings, technical notes on new methodology, and invited review articles.
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- Formerly The Botanical Magazine, Tokyo
- An international journal disseminating fundamental knowledge in all areas of plant sciences
- Offers articles, reviews and notes on new methodologies
- Editor-in-Chief: Kouki Hikosaka, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Editor-in-Chief
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- Kouki Hikosaka
- Publishing model
- Hybrid. Open Access options available.
Journal metrics
- 2.082 (2018)
- Impact factor
- 2.051 (2018)
- Five year impact factor
- 11 days
- Acceptance to publication
- 143,924 (2018)
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Non-destructive DNA extraction from herbarium specimens: a method particularly suitable for plants with small and fragile leaves
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Dorsoventral photosynthetic asymmetry of tobacco leaves in response to direct and diffuse light
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High-throughput screening for in planta characterization of VOC biosynthetic genes by PTR-ToF-MS
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The Journal of Plant Research is the official journal of the Botanical Society of Japan.
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Journal of Plant Research Awards
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