- Open access · CC BY 4.0
- ISSN 2638-4469
- Published by Open Access Pub
About the Journal of Advances in Plant Biology
The Journal of Advances in Plant Biology (JAPB) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of plant research. It covers all of plant biology, from molecular and cell biology to physiology, crops and ecology, with applied crop science included, and has been published by Open Access Pub since 2017.
Purpose and readership
Plants, from molecules to ecosystems
JAPB serves plant biologists, crop scientists, ecologists, breeders and educators who need sound evidence on how plants grow, adapt and interact with their environments.
JAPB publishes research that explains how plants work and how that knowledge can be applied. The journal covers all of plant biology, from molecular and cell biology to physiology, crops and ecology, and includes applied crop science. It considers laboratory, greenhouse, field and computational studies from every region of the world.
Its aims are to publish methodologically sound plant research, to make the results freely available to everyone who can use them, and to encourage work that connects levels of organization, for example genomic data with field performance, or soil microbiology with crop physiology.
The journal welcomes contributions from related disciplines, including genetics, biochemistry, soil science, microbiology, agronomy, ecology, bioinformatics and ethnobotany. The Aims and Scope page describes the research areas in full.
Article types
- Original Research
- Review
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Methods or Protocol
- Short Communication
- Data Note
- Commentary or Perspective
- Letter
Preparation guidance for each type is given in the Instructions for Authors.
Journal register
Reference information on the journal's identity, ownership, editorial responsibility, rights, review, fees and preservation.
ISSN
2638-4469
- Full title
- Journal of Advances in Plant Biology
- Short title JAPB. ISSN 2638-4469.
- Publisher and owner
- Open Access Pub
- The journal is owned and published by Open Access Pub. openaccesspub.org
- Publication history
- Since 2017
- The first article was published on August 10, 2017. Articles are published online as they are ready.
- Access
- Open access
- Every article is free to read, download and share from the day of publication, with no subscription or registration.
- License and copyright
- CC BY 4.0
- Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Authors retain copyright.
- Peer review
- Single-blind by default
- Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
- Article processing charge
- USD 1,200 to USD 1,800
- By article type, payable only after acceptance; see Article Processing Charges. Withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal’s withdrawal policy.
- Persistent identifiers
- DOI prefix 10.14302
- Articles receive DOIs registered with Crossref.
- Research integrity
- Similarity screening
- Submitted manuscripts are screened with Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate.
- Preservation
- Portico
- JAPB articles will be deposited in Portico for long-term preservation.
Editorial responsibility
The Editor-in-Chief leads the journal's editorial direction and oversees its decisions, supported by an international editorial board of plant scientists who handle manuscripts within their expertise and advise on the journal's scope and policies.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. They are independent of the article processing charge and of any fee-relief inquiry. Editors with a conflict of interest are recused from handling the manuscript.
Peer review
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts. The full process is set out in the Editorial Policies.
Open access, preservation and discovery
Open access and copyright
Free to read and reuse
JAPB is an open-access journal. All articles are freely available on openaccesspub.org from the day of publication, without subscription or registration.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), which permits anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, adapt and reuse the work for any lawful purpose, provided the authors and the original publication are credited. Authors retain copyright in their work. See Copyright and License.
Preservation and discovery
A lasting, citable record
JAPB articles will be deposited in Portico for long-term preservation. Read our preservation policy.
Each article is assigned a Crossref DOI, and article metadata are openly available to scholarly discovery services. The Indexing page lists the records and services that currently apply to JAPB.
Contact
Editorial office
Questions about the journal, its policies or a manuscript can be sent to the editorial office of JAPB at Open Access Pub.
- info@openaccesspub.org
- Publisher
- Open Access Pub, openaccesspub.org
- For authors
- Instructions for Authors and Article Processing Charges