Plant Methods

Plant Methods is a fully open-access online journal published by BioMed Central since 2005, dedicated to technological and methodological innovation across plant science, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《植物方法》（Plant Methods）由（BioMed Central）出版，2005 年创刊，是完全开放获取的在线期刊，专注植物科学各领域的技术与方法创新，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.2。

Scope

• Plant phenotyping and imaging, from controlled-environment platforms to field-based high-throughput systems and automated image analysis.植物表型与成像，从可控环境平台到田间高通量系统与自动图像分析。
• Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics methods, including single-cell and spatial techniques adapted to plants.基因组学、转录组学、蛋白质组学与代谢组学方法，包括适配植物的单细胞与空间技术。
• Transformation, gene editing and tissue culture protocols, with attention to regeneration efficiency and genotype dependence.转化、基因编辑与组织培养规程，关注再生效率与基因型依赖性。
• Sensors, remote sensing and automated measurement for greenhouse, orchard and field experiments.传感器、遥感与自动测量技术，用于温室、果园与田间试验。
• Bioinformatics tools, databases and software that make plant data findable, comparable and reusable.生物信息学工具、数据库与软件，使植物数据可发现、可比较、可复用。
• Analytical methods for plant metabolites, hormones and cell wall components, including mass spectrometry workflows.植物代谢物、激素与细胞壁成分的分析方法，包括质谱分析流程。
• Method validation, benchmarking and reporting standards, so that results from different laboratories can be compared.方法验证、基准测试与报告规范，使不同实验室的结果可以相互比较。

History

• BioMed Central launched the journal in 2005 as an online-only, open-access title, in the years when the Arabidopsis genome and other plant genome projects were reshaping the field.（BioMed Central）于 2005 年创办本刊，采用纯在线、开放获取模式，正值拟南芥基因组及其他植物基因组计划重塑学科格局之时。
• Its founding rationale, still stated on the journal site, is that technical innovation is the strongest catalyst in plant science and that methods should be harmonised where possible.其创刊理念至今写在期刊网站上：技术创新是植物科学最强的催化剂，方法在可能之处应趋于一致。
• Papers are published continuously, each with its own identifier, and one volume is closed in each calendar year, the first in 2005.论文连续出版、各有独立标识，每一自然年度合成一卷，首卷为 2005 年。
• The journal is funded by article processing charges, with no subscription barrier, and articles are published under a CC BY licence.本刊由文章处理费支持，不设订阅门槛，论文以（CC BY）许可发布。
• It belongs to the BMC series, which now sits within Springer Nature, and submissions run through Springer Nature's editorial system.本刊属（BMC）系列期刊，现归（Springer Nature）旗下，投稿经（Springer Nature）编辑系统处理。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.2, after 4.4 in 2024, 5.827 in 2022 and 4.993 in 2021.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.2，2024 年为 4.4，2022 年为 5.827，2021 年为 4.993。
• In the Journal Citation Reports it ranks 12th of 85 in Biochemical Research Methods and 39th of 285 in Plant Sciences, both first quartile.在期刊引证报告中，本刊在生化研究方法类列 12/85，在植物科学类列 39/285，均属第一四分位。

Editors

• Daniel Dias, a senior lecturer in analytical biochemistry at Deakin University in Australia, is editor-in-chief.主编为澳大利亚迪肯大学分析生物化学高级讲师（Daniel Dias）。
• He followed Ute Roessner of the University of Melbourne, a metabolomics researcher who led the journal for a long period.其前任为墨尔本大学的代谢组学研究者（Ute Roessner），她长期主持本刊。
• Associate editors include Alexander Bucksch of the University of Georgia, who works on computational plant morphology and imaging.副编辑包括佐治亚大学的（Alexander Bucksch），从事计算植物形态学与成像研究。
• The journal accepts research articles, methodology papers, software and database articles, reviews and commentaries.本刊接受研究论文、方法学论文、软件与数据库类论文、综述以及评论。
• Review is single anonymized, and manuscripts are handled by in-house editors at BioMed Central together with academic editors.评审采用单盲制，稿件由（BioMed Central）专职编辑与学术编辑共同处理。
• Authors submit through Springer Nature's submission portal, and the journal asks for full protocols so that procedures can be repeated elsewhere.作者经（Springer Nature）投稿门户提交，本刊要求提供完整实验规程以便他处重复。