''Molecular Plant'' is a monthly

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which publishes both original research and review articles in the field of

plant biology Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empiri ...

, with a particular emphasis on plant cell biology, physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, development, plant-microbe interaction, genomics, bioinformatics, and

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. It is published by

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on behalf of the

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, the Chinese Society for Plant Biology, and Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences with professional editors for the journal working out of a Shanghai office. The journal was established in 2008. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 12.084. In 2018 it was the fourth highest ranked plant science journal by impact factor and the second highest ranked among plant science journals which publish original research. From the establishment of the journal until 2015, it was published by

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. In 2015 the journal transitioned to publication by Cell Press.

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