SEB Bulletin January 2008
SEB Journal Profiles
Top Cited Papers in 2006:
1. The environmental plasticity and ecological genomics of the cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism. Badger MR, Price GD, Long BM, Woodger FJ, Bu. 57(2):249-265.
2. Alkali cation exchangers: roles in cellular homeostasis and stress tolerance. Pardo JM, Cubero B, Leidi EO, Quintero FJ, Dy. 57(5):1181-1199.
3. High-affinity potassium and sodium transport systems in plants. Rodriguez-Navarro A, Rubio F, Dy. 57(5):1149-1160.
4. The significance of amino acids and amino acid-derived molecules in plant responses and adaptation to heavy metal stress. Sharma SS, Dietz KJ, Nr. 57(4):711-726.
5. Transcriptomics and functional genomics of plant defence induction by phloem-feeding insects. Thompson GA, Goggin FL, Nr. 57(4):755-766.
Most Downloaded papers in 2007:
1. Gene networks involved in drought stress response and tolerance Kazuo Shinozaki and Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki 58(2):221-227
2. Identification of early salt stress response genes in tomato root by suppression subtractive hybridization and microarray analysis Bo Ouyang, Ting Yang, Hanxia Li, Liang Zhang, Yuyang Zhang, Junhong Zhang, Zhangjun Fei, and Zhibiao Ye 58(3):507-520
3. Vacuolar transporters and their essential role in plant metabolism Enrico Martinoia, Masayoshi Maeshima, and H. Ekkehard Neuhaus 58(1):83-102
4. Compartmentation in plant metabolism John E. Lunn 58(1):35-47
5. Horizontal gene transfer in plants Aaron O. Richardson and Jeffrey D. Palmer 58(1):1-9
Forthcoming Highlights:
ˇ Three special issues of the Journal of Experimental Botany are scheduled for publication in the first quarter of 2008, they include ‘Transport of Plant Growth Regulators’; ‘Symbiosis’ and a bumper special issue on Photosynthesis
ˇ Focus sections on Programmed Cell Death and Redox Signals and Plant Stress are due for publication in issues 2 and 3 of 2008
ˇ The third Flowering Newsletter will be published in April 2008 and a website dedicated to Flowering Research will be launched simultaneously
ˇ The JXB will exhibit at the following meetings in 2008; the 4th EPSO Conference “Plants for Life” in Toulon, France; the SEB at Marseille 2008; the ASPB Plant Biology meeting in Mérida, Mexico; the FESPB Conference in Tampere, Finland.
Notable Achievements:
ˇ In 2007 the Journal of Experimental Botany was one of very few plant journals see a rise in the published impact factor and it moved 2 places up the plant science impact factor rankings (JXB impact factor is 3.6)
ˇ In April 2007 the JXB announced all papers from corresponding authors in institutions with a full subscription would appear online as open access papers.
ˇ Submission to decision time was reduced in 2007; the average is now 32 days.
Top Cited Papers in 2006:
1. A metabolomic study of substantial equivalence of field-grown genetically modified wheat by John M. Baker, Nathaniel D. Hawkins, Jane L. Ward, Alison Lovegrove, Johnathan A. Napier, Peter R. Shewry and Michael H. Beale, 4 (4) 381-392, JUL 2006
2. Transgenesis has less impact on the transcriptome of wheat grain than conventional breeding by María Marcela Baudo, Rebecca Lyons, Stephen Powers, Gabriela M. Pastori, Keith J. Edwards, Michael J. Holdsworth and Peter R. Shewry, 4 (4) 369-380, JUL 2006
3. Pathway engineering for healthy phytochemicals leading to the production of novel flavonoids in tomato fruit by Elio Schijlen, C.H. Ric de Vos, Harry Jonker, Hetty van den Broeck, Jos Molthoff, Arjen van Tunen, Stefan Martens, Arnaud Bovy, 4 (4) 433-444, JUL 2006
4. Genetic transformation of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) via infection of androgenetic pollen cultures with Agrobacterium tumefaciens by Jochen Kumlehn, Liliya Serazetdinova, Goetz Hensel, Dirk Becker, Horst Loerz, 4 (2) 251-261, MAR 2006
5. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cereals: a promising approach crossing barriers by Ashok Kumar Shrawat, Horst Lörz, 4 (6) 575-603, NOV 2006
Most Downloaded papers in 2007:
1. Approaches to achieve high-level heterologous protein production in plants by Stephen J. Streatfield, 5 (1) pg. 2-15, JAN 2007
2. Doubled sugar content in sugarcane plants modified to produce a sucrose isomer by Luguang Wu and Robert G. Birch, 5 (1) pg. 109-117, JAN 2007
3. Microarray analysis of Fusarium graminearum-induced wheat genes: identification of organ-specific and differentially expressed genes by Saber Golkari, Jeannie Gilbert, Suvira Prashar and J. Douglas Procunier, 5 (1) pg. 38-49, JAN 2007
4. Endosperm tissue is good production platform for artificial recombinant proteins in transgenic rice by Fumio Takaiwa, Hidenori Takagi, Sakiko Hirose, Yuhya Wakasa, 5 (1) pg. 84-92, JAN 2007
5. Thirty years of plant transformation technology development by Philippe Vain, 5 (2) pg. 221-229, MAR 2007
Forthcoming Highlights:
ˇ In 2008, the number of issues will increase from six to nine.
ˇ The Plant Biotechnology Journal Editorial Board has revised the aims and scope of the journal to include all plant sciences underpinning plant biotechnology including functional genomics and proteomics, molecular genetics, physiology, biochemistry and cell biology, with applications through to molecular markers, and mutant and transgenic approaches from areas covering agriculture, horticulture, forestry, biodiversity and conservation, enhanced yield, reduced environmental impact, phytoremediation, environmental sensors, improved foods and food-processing, biofuels and biomaterials including pharmaceuticals from terrestrial, aquatic or marine plant systems including industrial crops and natural systems.
ˇ In addition to original high quality, research papers Plant Biotechnology Journal will now also accept unsolicited review papers providing that these reviews have a high level of insight and synthesis beyond a summary of previously published work.
Notable Achievements:
ˇ In 2007, usage increased by 77% and in February 2007, the journal achieved a record 5,000 article downloads.
ˇ Authors will be pleased to hear that during 2007 the time from submission to first decision averaged 24 days.
Top cited papers in 2006:
1. ABA-induced NO generation and stomatal closure in Arabidopsis are dependent on H2O2 synthesis by Jo Bright, Radhika Desikan, John T. Hancock, Iain S. Weir and Steven J. Neill, 45 (1) pg. 113-122, JAN 2006
2. Measuring multiple fluxes through plant metabolic networks by R.G. Ratcliffe and Y. Shachar-Hill, 45 (4) pg. 490-511, FEB 2006
3. Conservation and divergence of plant microRNA genes by Baohong Zhang, Xiaoping Pan, Charles H. Cannon, George P. Cobb and Todd A. Anderson, 46 (2) pg. 243-259, APR 2006
4. Methods and concepts in quantifying resistance to drought, salt and freezing, abiotic stresses that affect plant water status by Paul E. Verslues, Manu Agarwal, Surekha Katiyar-Agarwal, Jianhua Zhu and Jian-Kang Zhu, 45 (4) pg. 523-539, FEB 2006
5. Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana interaction with the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and the human pathogen Escherichia coli O157 : H7 by Roger Thilmony, William Underwood and Sheng Yang He, 46 (1) pg. 34-53, APR 2006
Most Downloaded papers in 2007:
1. Red colouration in apple fruit is due to the activity of the MYB transcription factor, MdMYB10 by Richard V. Espley, Roger P. Hellens, Jo Putterill, David E. Stevenson, Sumathi Kutty-Amma and Andrew C. Allan, 49 (3) pg. 414-427, FEB 2007
2. Cuticular defects lead to full immunity to a major plant pathogen by Celine Chassot, Christiane Nawrath and Jean-Pierre Metraux, 49 (6) pg. 972-980, MAR 2007
3. ABA induction of miR159 controls transcript levels of two MYB factors during Arabidopsis seed germination by Jose L. Reyes and Nam-Hai Chua, 49 (4) pg. 592-606, FEB 2007
4. The ubiquitin pathway is required for innate immunity in Arabidopsis by Sandra Goritschnig, Yuelin Zhang and Xin Lim 49 (3) pg. 540-551, FEB 2007
5. The AtGenExpress global stress expression data set: protocols, evaluation and model data analysis of UV-B light, drought and cold stress responses by Joachim Kilian, Dion Whitehead, Jakub Horak, Dierk Wanke, Stefan Weinl, Oliver Batistic, Cecilia D'Angelo, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Jörg Kudla and Klaus Harter, 50 (2) pg. 347-363, FEB 2007
Forthcoming Highlights:
ˇ The third Techniques Special Issue will be published in February 2008 (53:4)
ˇ A Special Issue on Harnessing Plant Biomass for Biofuels and Biomaterials will be published in late Spring 2008. The articles are intended to provide the scientific community, educators, media and interested public with a balanced view and solid scientific background that will inform honest discussion.
ˇ The Plant Journal will sponsor TPJ Editor Alison Smith at the forthcoming Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology Congress in Tampere, Finland in August 2008.
Notable Achievements:
ˇ In March 2007, The Plant Journal released its first podcast, an interview with Prof. Ian Baldwin, Making sense of nectar scents: the effects of secondary metabolites on floral visitors of Nicotiana attenuata, by Wendy Barnaby. The podcast has been downloaded 2,673 times (as of November 2007)
ˇ A paper published in The Plant Journal in April 2005 (42:2) was the top cited paper in the plant biotech field in 2006 (56 citations), according to an article in Nature Biotechnology September 2007 (25:9).
ˇ The Plant Journal has been named one of the 'hottest journal of the millennium' in a recent ScienceWatch report.