Rice

Rice is an open access journal published by Springer that has appeared since 2008 and is devoted entirely to rice genetics, genomics, physiology and molecular breeding, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.8.《水稻》（Rice）由（Springer）以开放获取方式出版，2008 年创刊，专门刊载水稻遗传学、基因组学、生理学与分子育种研究，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.8。

Scope

• The journal covers rice genetics and structural genomics, including genome assembly, annotation and the analysis of repetitive elements.本刊覆盖水稻遗传学与结构基因组学，包括基因组组装、注释以及重复元件的分析。
• Functional genomics work ranges from gene discovery and mutant screens to transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics of rice tissues.功能基因组学方面从基因发现与突变体筛选，延伸到水稻各组织的转录组、蛋白组与代谢组研究。
• Comparative genomics and comparative biology place rice in the wider context of cereals and wild relatives, including Oryza species beyond cultivated rice.比较基因组学与比较生物学把水稻置于谷类作物与野生近缘种的更大背景中，涵盖栽培稻之外的稻属物种。
• Molecular physiology covers photosynthesis, nutrient uptake, water relations, grain filling and responses to abiotic stress such as drought, salinity and heat.分子生理学覆盖光合作用、养分吸收、水分关系、灌浆以及应对干旱、盐碱与高温等非生物胁迫的响应。
• Molecular breeding includes marker assisted selection, genomic selection, quantitative trait locus mapping and trait introgression from landraces and wild relatives.分子育种包括分子标记辅助选择、基因组选择、数量性状位点定位，以及从地方品种与野生近缘种导入性状。
• Biotic stress work on blast, bacterial blight, sheath blight and viral disease is a recurring theme, with resistance gene cloning a frequent output.针对稻瘟病、白叶枯病、纹枯病与病毒病的生物胁迫研究是反复出现的主题，抗性基因克隆是常见产出。
• Grain quality, biofortification and genome editing for agronomic traits have become prominent as the journal has matured.随着期刊成熟，稻米品质、生物强化以及面向农艺性状的基因编辑日益突出。

History

• The journal was founded in 2008 to fill what its founders described as a glaring void in basic and applied plant science publishing.本刊于 2008 年创刊，创办者称其目标是填补基础与应用植物科学出版中一处明显的空白。
• It was conceived as the only serial publication dedicated to reporting advances specific to rice rather than to crops in general.其定位是唯一专门报道水稻（而非泛泛的作物）研究进展的连续出版物。
• Publication began with Springer in New York and the journal is now published under the SpringerOpen brand with article processing charges rather than subscriptions.出版最初由位于纽约的（Springer）承担，现以 SpringerOpen 品牌运营，依靠文章处理费而非订阅收入。
• The title has appeared as one volume per year since 2008, with articles published online as they are accepted rather than collected into monthly issues.自 2008 年起每年出版一卷，论文录用后即在线发表，而非汇编成月刊。
• Metrics have strengthened steadily, with the 2025 impact factor at 5.8 against 5.0 in 2024, and a five-year impact factor of 6.3.各项指标稳步走强，2025 年影响因子为 5.8，2024 年为 5.0，五年期影响因子为 6.3。
• The 2025 Journal Citation Reports place the journal 13th of 133 in agronomy, and it reports a median of six days from submission to first decision.2025 年期刊引证报告将本刊列于农艺学类 133 种期刊的第 13 位，期刊公布投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 6 天。

Editors

• Takuji Sasaki of the NODAI Research Institute at Tokyo University of Agriculture is editor-in-chief and is known for leadership of the international rice genome sequencing project.东京农业大学（NODAI Research Institute）的 Takuji Sasaki 担任主编，以领导国际水稻基因组测序计划而知名。
• Baltazar A. Antonio of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Japan serves as managing editor and handles the day to day flow of manuscripts.日本国立农业与食品产业技术综合研究机构的 Baltazar A. Antonio 担任执行编辑，负责稿件日常流程。
• An advisory board of senior figures includes Gurdev Khush, Susan McCouch, Pamela Ronald, Rod Wing, Jan Leach, Qifa Zhang and Bin Han.顾问委员会由资深学者组成，包括 Gurdev Khush、Susan McCouch、Pamela Ronald、Rod Wing、Jan Leach、Qifa Zhang 与韩斌。
• A larger editorial board spans Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, India, the Philippines, the United States, Brazil and Europe, with many members based at the International Rice Research Institute.更庞大的编委会分布于日本、中国、台湾、韩国、泰国、印度、菲律宾、美国、巴西与欧洲，多位成员任职于国际水稻研究所。
• Each editor is listed with declared specialisms such as genome editing, QTL mapping, root biology or grain quality, which are used for assignment.每位编辑均列出申报的专长方向，如基因编辑、QTL 定位、根系生物学或稻米品质，用于稿件分派。
• The journal publishes both original papers and review articles, and the editor-in-chief periodically selects papers for a featured editor's choice collection.本刊同时发表原创论文与综述，主编还会定期挑选论文组成编辑推荐合集。