Why Publish with The Plant Cell?
The Plant Cell is ranked 6/238 in Clarivate’s Plant Sciences category, with a 2022 Impact Factor of 12.0. Read on to learn the many reasons authors should consider publishing with the journal.
A Journal of ASPB
The Plant Cell is a journal of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), a prestigious non-profit founded in 1924 to promote the growth and development of plant biology. With members on six continents, it serves plant biologists around the world through its publications, its conferences, its outreach, and its advocacy.
Fast Turnaround Time
The average time from submission to first decision is 22.9 days.
True Peer Review by Top Scientists
Every scientific manuscript undergoes a rigorous peer review process during which authors receive thoughtful feedback from highly qualified plant scientists with knowledge of their research area. This process is meant to not only yield the highest-quality content for the journal, but also to help authors develop and improve.
Post-Acceptance Editing
The in-house science editors at The Plant Cell provide professional post-acceptance scientific editing, a unique step to review, verify, and address the finest details of every manuscript. This can be especially beneficial to authors whose native language is not English.
Fully Integrated with DIVE
Domain Informational Vocabulary Extraction (DIVE) is a text-mining system that identifies genes and other biological entities mentioned in your article. The data extracted from your article will be used to improve connections between journal literature and genome databases. DIVE is integrated into our proofing procedures after acceptance. Learn more in the section titled ‘DIVE protocol’ in the Author Guidelines here.
Transferable Manuscripts
Manuscripts submitted to The Plant Cell that may not be an ideal fit for the journal benefit from having been submitted to the ASPB family of journals, where they can be transferred to one of ASPB’s other journals, Plant Physiology or Plant Direct, if determined to be a better fit.
Worldwide Publicity and Readership for Your Work
The Plant Cell’s Twitter account reaches over 25,000 followers worldwide and engages the plant science community with posts about recent articles, profiles of First Authors in the journal, and more.
The Plant Cell receives over 1.2 million article reads per year, from visitors in 147 countries globally. The Plant Cell benefits from OUP’s world-class journals platform which boosts your article’s discoverability online, meaning it’s more likely to be found on platforms such as Google, Google Scholar, and PMC.
Plantae
Your work may receive further promotion on Plantae, a platform powered by the ASPB with more than 1 million site visits per year. Plantae hosts regular webinars discussing research published in the journal; publishes profiles of First Authors, and acts as an online home for the global plant science community.
Open Access Options
The Plant Cell is a Hybrid Open Access journal, meaning authors can choose whether to publish their article open access or not. More information about open access options can be found on the Instructions to Authors page here. If you are part of an institution which has a Read and Publish agreement with OUP, your institution will pay your open access fee. Find out more here.
Plan S Compliant
If you are part of a UK institution whose research is publicly funded, you can still publish in The Plant Cell while being compliant with Plan S. OUP has Transitional Agreements with a number of UK institutions which means you can publish your work with us open access using UKRI funds. Please check if your Institution has such an agreement with OUP here.
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