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The Journal of Plant Research is an international journal dedicated to the dissemination of fundamental knowledge in all areas of basic plant sciences. For more information on the scope of this journal, please refer to the "Aims and Scope" tab above.

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Editor-in-Chief
  • Maki Katsuhara
Publishing model
Hybrid (Transformative Journal). How to publish with us, including Open Access

Journal metrics

3.000 (2021)
Impact factor
3.157 (2021)
Five year impact factor
7 days
Submission to first decision (Median)
251,620 (2021)
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Volume 136

Issue 2, March 2023

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This journal has 149 open access articles
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  • JOURNAL INFORMATION

    The Journal of Plant Research is the official journal of The Botanical Society of Japan. 
    Society information, Journal of Plant Research Paper Award.

  • VIRTUAL ISSUES & JPR SYMPOSIA

    A virtual issue is a collection of articles already published in various issues and centered around a certain topic. JPR Symposium is a special feature published in a single issue.

  • COVER GALLERY

    Each issue of the Journal of Plant Research has a different cover. In this cover gallery, you can browse the covers of back issues as well as their captions.

  • JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH AWARDS

    The Editorial Committee of the Botanical Society of Japan annually select papers for the Journal of Plant Research 'Best Paper Award' and 'Most-Cited Paper Award'.

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Electronic ISSN
1618-0860
Print ISSN
0918-9440
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  3. BIOSIS
  4. Baidu
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  6. CAB Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
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  14. EBSCO Agriculture Plus
  15. EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection
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  26. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  27. Pathway Studio
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  29. ProQuest Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
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  31. ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
  32. SCImago
  33. SCOPUS
  34. Science Citation Index
  35. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  36. TD Net Discovery Service
  37. UGC-CARE List (India)
  38. Wanfang
  39. Zoological Record
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