''Plant Biology'' is a

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. The journal was originally established as ''Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft'' in 1883, changed its name to ''Botanica Acta'' in 1988. In 1999, the journal renamed itself ''Plant Biology'', and restarted the volume numbering. ''Plant Biology'' is published by

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on behalf of the German Society for Plant Sciences and the Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands. The journal is currently edited by Heinz Rennenberg and

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in the following

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s: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.081, ranking it 72nd out of 235 journals in the category "Plant Sciences".

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