Plants

Plants is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on plant science published semimonthly online by MDPI. The Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS), the Spanish Phytopathological Society (SEF),  the Spanish Society of Plant Biology (SEBP), the Spanish Society of Horticultural Sciences (SECH) and the Italian Society of Phytotherapy (S.I.Fit.) are affiliated with Plants and their members receive a discount on the article processing charges.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, PubAg, AGRIS, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Plant Sciences) / CiteScore - Q1 (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 18.2 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2024).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
Impact Factor: 4.0 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 4.4 (2023)
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Topic in Agronomy, Crops, Plants
Abiotic Stress Responses in Wheat: Perspectives on Productivity and Sustainability Topic Editors: Wenshan Guo, Jinfeng Ding, Min Zhu
Deadline: 31 October 2024
Topic in IJMS, Pharmaceutics, Cells, Biomolecules, Plants, Universe, Cancers, Antioxidants
Advances in Astrobiology Topic Editors: Massimo Maffei, Barbara Cavalazzi, Marta del Bianco
Deadline: 30 November 2024
Topic in Diversity, Forests, Land, Plants, Sustainability
Nature-Based Solutions-2nd Edition Topic Editors: Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Miklas Scholz, Mario A. Pagnotta, Arshiya Noorani
Deadline: 15 December 2024
Topic in Agronomy, Horticulturae, IJPB, Life, Plants
Effects of Climate Change on Viticulture (Grape) Topic Editors: Arif Atak, Andreia Figueiredo, Inmaculada Pascual, Fermin Morales
Deadline: 31 December 2024
Special Issue in Plants
Light and Plant Nutrition Guest Editors: Jurga Miliauskienė, Aušra Brazaitytė, Rūta Sutulienė
Deadline: 15 October 2024
Special Issue in Plants
Emission and Function of Plant-Originated Volatile Organic Compounds Guest Editor: Miguel Portillo-Estrada
Deadline: 18 October 2024
Special Issue in Plants
Genetics, Genomics, and Biotechnology for Cereal Crop Improvements Guest Editors: Yin Li, Mingjie Chen, Junli Chang
Deadline: 20 October 2024
Special Issue in Plants
Pollination in a Changing World Guest Editors: Rodrigo Bustos Singer, Kit S. Prendergast
Deadline: 20 October 2024
Topical Collection in Plants
Plant Morphofunctional and Evolutionary Traits under a Climate Change Scenario Collection Editors: Luigi Sanita' di Toppi, Howard S. Neufeld, Yasutomo Hoshika, Mirwais Qaderi
Topical Collection in Plants
Modeling Impacts of Changing Environmental Conditions on Plant Growth Collection Editor: Dominik Schmidt
Topical Collection in Plants
Plant Nutrition Biofortification Collection Editor: Fernando Henrique Reboredo
Topical Collection in Plants
Medicinal Plants: New Advances in Phytochemicals and Their Health Benefits Collection Editors: Mariangela Marrelli, Luigi Milella
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