''BMC Plant Biology'' is a

peer-reviewed 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 ...

open-access Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 de ...

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that covers the field of plant biology, focusing on areas such as

plant genetics Plant genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity specifically in plants. It is generally considered a field of biology and botany, but it intersects with numerous life sciences, including molecular biology, evolutionary biolog ...

plant physiology Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Plant physiologists study fundamental processes of plants, such as photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition, plant hormone functions, tr ...

, and plant-environment interactions. Editorial decisions are "largely based on the soundness of the research presented rather than the novelty or potential impact of the work".

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal had an impact factor of 4.3 in 2023.

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