Plant Cell Reports

Plant Cell Reports is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Springer since 1981, covering plant cell science, plant genetics and molecular biology, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.3《植物细胞报告》是（Springer）自 1981 年起出版的月刊，聚焦植物细胞科学、植物遗传学与分子生物学，2025 年影响因子为 5.3。

Scope

• Genomics and genetics, from genome sequencing and comparative analysis to functional characterization of plant genes基因组学与遗传学，从基因组测序、比较分析到植物基因的功能鉴定。
• Metabolism, including the pathways that build primary and specialized metabolites代谢，包括初生代谢与次生代谢产物的合成途径。
• Cell biology, covering cell structure, signalling, differentiation and developmental programmes细胞生物学，涵盖细胞结构、信号传导、分化与发育程序。
• Abiotic and biotic stress, including plant responses, resistance and tolerance mechanisms非生物与生物胁迫，包括植物的响应、抗性与耐受机制。
• Phytopathology and plant-microbe interactions in disease development and defence植物病理学，以及病害发生与防御中的植物与微生物互作。
• Gene transfer and expression, transformation technologies and molecular pharming基因转移与表达、遗传转化技术以及分子药物生产。
• Genome editing, phenomics, synthetic biology, systems biology and nanobiotechnology基因组编辑、表型组学、合成生物学、系统生物学与纳米生物技术。

History

• Plant Cell Reports was established in 1981 by Springer-Verlag in Berlin and Heidelberg, with Klaus Hahlbrock and Oluf L. Gamborg as founding editors该刊于 1981 年由（Springer-Verlag）在柏林与海德堡创办，创刊主编为 Klaus Hahlbrock 与 Oluf L. Gamborg。
• It has appeared monthly from the first volume and publishes twelve issues a year自第 1 卷起即为月刊，每年出版十二期。
• For many years the journal was led by two editors-in-chief, Gunther Hahne in Germany and C. Neal Stewart Jr. at the University of Tennessee多年来该刊由两位主编共同主持，即德国的 Gunther Hahne 与（University of Tennessee）的 C. Neal Stewart Jr.。
• In 2026 the board was restructured around a single editor-in-chief and six section editors after Hahne retired following more than 25 years at the helm and became editor-in-chief emeritus2026 年编委会改组为一位主编加六位栏目主编，此前执掌该刊逾二十五年的 Hahne 荣休并转任名誉主编。
• The journal is hybrid, with an article processing charge of 2990 pounds, 4790 dollars or 3790 euros, and it has published 305 open access articles该刊为混合开放获取期刊，版面费为 2990 英镑、4790 美元或 3790 欧元，已发表 305 篇开放获取论文。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose to 5.3 in 2025 from 4.5 in 2024, the five-year impact factor is 6.6 and the median time to first decision is nine days其影响因子由 2024 年的 4.5 升至 2025 年的 5.3，五年影响因子为 6.6，中位初审时间为九天。

Editors

• C. Neal Stewart Jr. of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is editor-in-chief, working on plant biotechnology and genomics现任主编为（University of Tennessee at Knoxville）的 C. Neal Stewart Jr.，研究方向为植物生物技术与基因组学。
• Six section editors lead the journal's sections, among them Li Tian at the University of California, Davis, and Yiping Qi at the University of Maryland六位栏目主编分管各栏目，其中包括（University of California at Davis）的 Li Tian 与（University of Maryland）的 Yiping Qi。
• Andrew Eamens at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Haitao Shi at Hainan University, Wei Ma at Nanyang Technological University and Wusheng Liu at North Carolina State University complete the group其余四位为（University of the Sunshine Coast）的 Andrew Eamens、（Hainan University）的 Haitao Shi、（Nanyang Technological University）的 Wei Ma 与（North Carolina State University）的 Wusheng Liu。
• Authors choose a section at submission, and review and opinion papers are routed to the dedicated review section作者投稿时须选定栏目，综述与观点类稿件投至专门的综述栏目。
• Manuscripts are handled by a section editor and assessed by independent referees, and each published paper names the editor who communicated it稿件由栏目主编处理并送独立审稿人评审，每篇论文均标注负责推荐的编辑。
• The board numbers about sixty editors from some twenty countries, with the largest contingents in China and the United States编委会约有六十位编辑，来自约二十个国家，其中以中国与美国学者最多。