The Plant Cell

The Plant Cell is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of plant sciences, especially the areas of cell and molecular biology, genetics, development, and evolution. It is published by the American Society of Plant Biologists. The editor-in-chief is Sabeeha Merchant (University of California, Berkeley). The journal was established in 1989, with Robert (Bob) Goldberg (University of California, Los Angeles) as founding editor-in-chief.[1]

For the cell, see Plant cell.
The Plant Cell
DisciplinePlant biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byBlake Meyers
Publication details
History1989-present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
8.228 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Plant Cell
Indexing
ISSN1040-4651 (print)
1532-298X (web)
LCCN89646546
JSTOR10404651
OCLC no.1065263829
Links

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 8.228.[2]

In October 2009, The Plant Cell introduced Teaching Tools in Plant Biology, a new online feature consisting of materials to help instructors teach plant biology courses. Each topic includes a short essay introducing the topic, with suggested further reading, and a PowerPoint lecture with handouts.

Editors

The following people are or have been editors-in-chief:

  • 1989–1994: Robert Goldberg
  • 1995–1999: Brian Larkins
  • 2000–2004: Ralph Quatrano
  • 2004–2008: Rich Jorgensen
  • 2008–2014: Cathie Martin
  • 2015–2019: Sabeeha Merchant
  • 2020-present Blake Meyers

References
  1. Goldberg, Robert B. (2009-01-01). "The Plant Cell: 20 Years Young". The Plant Cell. 21 (1): 3–4. doi:10.1105/tpc.109.065888. PMC 2648070. PMID 19182100.
  2. "Clarivate Journal Citation Reports". 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-07.


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