The Plant Journal
Editor-in-Chief: Katherine Denby, University of York, UK
Key Details
Publisher: Wiley
Owners: SEB, Wiley
Publishing model: Online-only, hybrid open-access (free and OA licenses available)
Peer-review model: Single-anonymous
Benefits of publishing
- A journal of choice for the plant sciences community with over 500 articles published in 2023
- A global readership with ~4 million articles downloaded per year
- Highly experienced editors who take care over every decision and who aim to be fair, transparent and supportive towards authors
- No formatting requirements for initial submission of papers
- Full scoop protection once a paper is submitted
- No page charges
- Open Access fees covered for an increasing number of countries that have transitional deals with Wiley
- Promotion of the best papers via a Research Highlight piece on one paper in every issue and regular posts about TPJ papers and authors on social media
- Additional engagement with TPJ authors, prize winners, TPJ fellows and the wider plant sciences community via “In Conversation With” pieces published in the journal
- Annual award of TPJ-SEB-Wiley prizes for outstanding papers (Original research, Technical Advance, Resource), including a special set of awards for those with student first authors
- Annual award of TPJ fellowships that provide financial support and mentoring for new group leaders at a crucial and, often challenging, career stage
- Online research talks given by authors of TPJ papers, organised by the SEB
2023 metrics
- Journal Impact factor: 6.2 (rank 19/265 in ‘Plant Sciences’ category)
- Journal Citation Indicator: 1.77 (rank 13/265 in ‘Plant Sciences’ category)
- CiteScore: 13.1 (rank 16/516 in ‘Plant Sciences’ category)
- Output: 543 papers
- Downloads: 3.8 million
- Acceptance rate: 28%
- Turnaround time: 30 days (median, submission to first decision, all papers)
- Indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed
Types of articles
Original research articles; technical advances; resource articles; commissioned reviews
Links to important webpages
Journal homepage: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1365313x
Submission site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tpj
Author guidelines: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/forauthors.html
Editorial board: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/editorialboard.html
Contact
Andrea Lewis, Associate Managing Editor: [email protected]