Metabolomics in Plants

Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

Plant metabolomics is an emerging and rapidly expanding field within metabolomics. It involves the comprehensive study of small molecules in plant systems biology, providing a biochemical snapshot of active metabolites that reflects plant physiological status. Plant metabolomics is a powerful approach for mapping metabolite changes that correspond to functional alterations in plants arising from genetic variation, developmental stages, or environmental conditions.

This approach has broad applicability across diverse research areas, including agriculture, algae, yeast, biofuel research, environmental sciences, and marine biology. Despite its growing importance, plant metabolomics faces significant challenges due to the vast chemical diversity of plant metabolites, encompassing both primary and secondary metabolites. Consequently, there is a strong need for continued methodological development and high‑quality research contributions in this field.

Plant metabolites play essential roles in cellular signalling, defence mechanisms, and responses to environmental stresses such as drought and salinity. In addition, plant metabolomics has become a key strategy for the discovery and characterisation of natural products, many of which hold significant pharmacological and nutritional value.

This topic is dedicated to advancing research in plant metabolomics and lipidomics, with a particular emphasis on studies addressing analytical challenges, data processing, and pathway mapping. Establishing a dedicated platform for plant metabolomics will support the dissemination of innovative research, and we look forward to receiving high‑quality contributions from the scientific community.

Dr. Thusitha W. Rupasinghe
Dr. Priyanka Reddy
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
BioChem biochem	-	-	2021	33.9 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Current Issues in Molecular Biology cimb	3.0	3.7	1999	16.3 Days	CHF 2200	Submit
International Journal of Molecular Sciences ijms	4.9	9.0	2000	17.8 Days	CHF 2900	Submit
Metabolites metabolites	3.7	6.9	2011	16.7 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Plants plants	4.1	7.6	2012	16.5 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Sci sci	-	5.2	2019	26.7 Days	CHF 1400	Submit

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