Plant Biotechnology
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Aims & Scope
Plant Biotechnology is an international, open-access, and online journal, published every three months by the Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology. The journal, first published in 1984 as the predecessor journal, “Plant Tissue Culture Letters” and became its present form in 1997 when the society name was renamed to Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, publishes findings in the areas from basic- to application research of plant biotechnology. The aim of Plant Biotechnology is to publish original and high-impact papers, in the most rapid turnaround time for reviewing, on the plant biotechnology including tissue culture, production of specialized metabolites, transgenic technology, and genome editing technology, and also on the related research fields including molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, plant breeding, plant physiology and biochemistry, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and bioinformatics.
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BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
PLANT SCIENCES
BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
PLANT SCIENCES
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisPlant Biotechnology (abbr: PLANT BIOTECHNOL-NAR, ISSN: 1342-4580) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, published by Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology in Japan since 1997. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.40, ranking in quartile Q4 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.429 (Q2), an H-index of 55.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Bimonthly, an annual output of approximately 60 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,853 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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