Frontiers in Plant Science

Frontiers in Plant Science is a multidisciplinary open-access journal covering plant biology, published by Frontiers Media and launched in 2010, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.9 and a CiteScore of 10.8（Frontiers in Plant Science）是 Frontiers Media 出版、2010 年创刊的多学科开放获取期刊，聚焦植物生物学，2025 年影响因子为 5.9，CiteScore 为 10.8。

Scope

• Aquatic photosynthetic organisms, crop and product physiology, and functional plant ecology水生光合生物、作物与产品生理学及功能植物生态学。
• Photosynthesis and photobiology, plant abiotic stress, and plant nutrition光合作用与光生物学、植物非生物胁迫及植物营养。
• Plant genomics, genetics, epigenetics and chromosome biology, together with plant bioinformatics植物基因组学、遗传学、表观遗传学与染色体生物学，以及植物生物信息学。
• Plant biotechnology and breeding, plant cell biology, and plant development and EvoDevo植物生物技术、植物育种、植物细胞生物学及植物发育与演化发育生物学。
• Plant metabolism and chemodiversity, plant-pathogen and symbiotic interactions, and sustainable phytoprotection植物代谢与化学多样性、植物与病原体及共生互作，以及可持续植物保护。

History

• The journal was launched in 2010 by Frontiers, the open-access publisher behind the Frontiers journal series该刊由开放获取出版商 Frontiers 于 2010 年创办。
• It is fully open access and funded by article processing charges of CHF 3,150 for full research articles该刊为完全开放获取，通过文章处理费运营，完整研究论文的费用为 3,150 瑞士法郎（CHF）。
• It has become the world's most-cited plant science journal, accumulating over 1.17 million citations该刊已成为全球被引最多的植物科学期刊，累计被引超过 117 万次。
• It publishes continuously and reached volume 17 in 2026, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.9 and a CiteScore of 10.8该刊连续出版，2026 年已至第 17 卷，2025 年影响因子为 5.9，CiteScore 为 10.8。

Editors

• The Field Chief Editor is Chun-Ming Liu of the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences现任首席主编（Field Chief Editor）为中国科学院植物研究所的 Chun-Ming Liu。
• The journal is organised into more than twenty specialty sections, each led by a Specialty Chief Editor该刊下设二十余个专业分区，各由一位分区主编（Specialty Chief Editor）负责。
• Section editors include Ling-Ling Chen of Guangxi University for Plant Bioinformatics and Ingo Dreyer of the University of Talca for Plant Biophysics and Modeling分区主编包括负责植物生物信息学的（Guangxi University）的 Ling-Ling Chen，以及负责植物生物物理与建模的（University of Talca）的 Ingo Dreyer。
• Peer review is collaborative and interactive, with reviewer and editor names published on accepted articles and integrity screening by the AI tool AIRA评审采用协作互动模式，接受发表的文章会公开评审人与编辑姓名，评审前由人工智能工具（AIRA）进行诚信筛查。