Molecular Plant

Molecular Plant is a monthly peer-reviewed plant science journal published by Cell Press on behalf of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded in 2008, covering plant biology from molecular and cellular to genomic and evolutionary levels, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 32.7《分子植物》是（Cell Press）代表中国科学院出版的月刊同行评审植物科学期刊，2008 年创刊，覆盖从分子与细胞到基因组与演化层面的植物生物学，2025 年影响因子为 32.7。

Scope

• It publishes original research articles, reviews, correspondence and spotlights on the most important developments of plant biology该刊刊载原创研究论文、综述、通讯以及对植物生物学最重要进展的聚焦短文。
• Its coverage includes plant cell biology, physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, development and plant-microbe interaction其覆盖范围包括植物细胞生物学、生理学、生物化学、分子生物学、遗传学、发育学以及植物与微生物互作。
• It also covers genomics, bioinformatics and molecular evolution该刊还涵盖基因组学、生物信息学与分子演化。^[1]
• It serves the global plant science community by publishing novel and significant findings in plant biology该刊通过发表植物生物学中新颖且重要的成果，服务于全球植物科学界。
• It is a hybrid journal, offering an open access option under a CC BY licence alongside subscription publication该刊为混合期刊，在订阅出版之外提供以（CC BY）许可协议的开放获取选项。
• Its open access sister journal, Plant Communications, was launched in 2020其开放获取姊妹刊（Plant Communications）于 2020 年创办。

History

• It was established in 2008, and its first issue appeared in January 2008该刊于 2008 年创刊，首期于 2008 年 1 月出版。
• It continues the former Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, a Chinese journal published between 2002 and 2007该刊延续了 2002 至 2007 年间出版的中文期刊（Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology）。
• Its sponsoring institute is the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, formerly the Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology其主办机构为中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心，前身为中国科学院上海植物生理生态研究所。
• It is published on behalf of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Society for Plant Biology该刊代表中国科学院与中国植物生理与植物分子生物学学会出版。
• From its establishment until 2015 it was published by Oxford University Press, and in 2015 publication moved to Cell Press自创刊至 2015 年，该刊由（Oxford University Press）出版；2015 年改由（Cell Press）出版。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 32.7, ranking first among 285 plant sciences journals其 2025 年影响因子为 32.7，在 285 种植物科学期刊中排名第一。

Editors

• Its co-Editors-in-Chief are Sheng Luan of the University of California, Berkeley, and Bin Han of the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences其共同主编为栾升与韩斌，前者来自（University of California, Berkeley），后者任职于中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心。
• Bin Han is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences韩斌为中国科学院院士，并任中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心主任。
• Xiaofeng Cui serves as the Executive Editor-in-Chief, leading a team of professional science editors崔晓峰任执行主编，带领一支专业科学编辑团队。
• It is led by a global team of academic editors supported by an international editorial board and professional editors该刊由全球化的学术编辑团队领导，并配有国际化编委会与专业编辑。
• Its manuscripts are handled under a rigorous peer review system其稿件按严谨的同行评审制度处理。