Overview
Journal of Plant Research is an international publication focusing on fundamental knowledge in all areas of plant sciences.
- Encourages work based on unique approaches and unprecedented findings.
- Welcomes interdisciplinary studies and newly developing areas of basic plant biology.
- Papers should be hypothesis-driven, not purely descriptive.
- Manuscripts in applied plant sciences accepted only if they contribute to basic plant sciences.
- Covers a broad range of disciplines including taxonomy, phylogeny, evolutionary biology, and more.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Maki Katsuhara
- Journal Impact Factor
- 2.7 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 2.8 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 10 days
- Downloads
- 395,870 (2023)
Societies and partnerships
Latest issue
September 2024 |Including the JPR Symposium on Mechanical Forces in Plant Growth and Development
Latest articles
Journal updates
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JOURNAL INFORMATION
The Journal of Plant Research is the official journal of The Botanical Society of Japan.
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JPR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & JPR SYMPOSIA
The JPR Special Collection (formerly Virtual Issue) is a collection of articles previously published in different issues around a particular theme. The JPR Symposium is a special feature published in a single issue.
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COVER GALLERY
Each issue of the Journal of Plant Research has a different cover. In this cover gallery, you can browse the covers of past issues as well as their captions.
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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'.
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1618-0860
- Print ISSN
- 0918-9440
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- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
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- Zoological Record
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