''Plant Science'' is a

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication designed to further the progress of science by disseminating new research findings to the scientific community. These journals serve as a platform for researchers, schola ...

of plant biology. The journal was originally established as ''Plant Science Letters'' in 1973, changed its name to ''Plant Science'' in 1986. The journal is published by

Elsevier Elsevier ( ) is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell (journal), Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, ...

and is currently edited by Eduardo Blumwald, Erich Grotewold, Liwen Jiang, David Wendehenne.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following

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s: According to the ''

Journal Citation Reports ''Journal Citation Reports'' (''JCR'') is an annual publication by Clarivate. It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science Core Collection. It provides information about academic journals in the natur ...

'', the journal has a 2017

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of 3.712.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.journals.elsevier.com/plant-science Academic journals established in 1973 English-language journals Botany journals Elsevier academic journals Monthly journals