PLANT CELL

PLANT CELL is published by American Society of Plant Biologists and is in Zone 1 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Molecular Biology Research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms and Plant Reproductive Biology, together about 42.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

he Plant Cell (eISSN 1531-298X), is published monthly (one volume per year) by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). The journal is produced by Sheridan Journal Services, Waterbury, VT. Within three years of its initial publication in 1989, The Plant Cell ranked first in impact among journals publishing primary research in the plant sciences. It has continued to maintain this standard of excellence ever since. The Plant Cell publishes novel research of special significance in plant biology, especially in the areas of cellular biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, development, and evolution. The primary criteria for publication are that the article provides new insight that is of broad interest to plant biologists, not only to specialists, and that the presentation of results is appropriate for a wide audience of plant biologists. The Plant Cell was founded on four key tenets: (1) to publish the most exciting, cutting-edge research in plant cellular and molecular biology, (2) to provide the most rapid turnaround time possible for reviewing and publishing a research paper, (3) to feature the highest quality reproduction of data, and (4) to provide, in the front section of the journal, a more interactive format for commentaries, opinion pieces, and the exchange of information and ideas in review articles, meeting reports, and insightful overviews of featured research papers.

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Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

13.47LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

17.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

4.09LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

309LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

507OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

9,444OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

10.82OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.4%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

38.35%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

184LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 4.5 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

11.66%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

American Society of Plant Biologists

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1989

ISSN

1040-4651

Electronic ISSN

1532-298X

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗LetPub