They are all first-tier journals in the field of botany, why can't they be mentioned in the same breath? It is undeniable that Plant Cell once had a unique influence. In recent decades, with the vigorous development of domestic plant science, the influence of domestically hosted new journals has become stronger and stronger, and the appeal of those traditional journals has declined.

(0) 讚！ | Victor Liu

In addition to slow review times, Plant Cell is also criticized for accepting a large number of low quality innovative submissions. In recent years, it has been difficult to see any outstanding achievements published in the journal.

(0) 讚！ | Victor Liu

Can this PC be compared to Plant Cell? Although Plant Cell may be slower in terms of review speed, its influence is far beyond that of Plant Com.

(0) 讚！ | sci_10

In the past year or two, I have submitted papers to various authoritative journals in the field of plant science. I feel that domestic journals, especially Mol Plant and Plant Com, have made significant progress. In terms of the professionalism of the review process, the level and attitude of the reviewers, and the academic quality of the journal articles, they have reached an internationally leading level. Firstly, in terms of manuscript processing, the review cycle of these journals is very short, with feedback on whether to review within a week and the review results returned within 20 days. Secondly, in terms of the level of review and assistance with the paper, the invited reviewers are of a very high level. They are able to propose feasible research plans for some difficult-to-solve problems in the paper. After conducting experiments based on the review comments, the quality of the paper often significantly improves. In addition, the publicity in various media after the acceptance of the paper is done very well. Personally, I feel that these two journals have a very efficient and powerful editorial team behind them. Compared to other international journals, such as Plant Cell and Nature Comm, the review process of these journals is frustrating, making it difficult to guarantee students' graduation time and making it difficult to muster the courage to submit papers. With good research results, I am still willing to submit papers to Mol Plant and Plant Com first.

(0) 讚！ | Liu Xun-2025

This damn thing took up a spot in Area One, resulting in very few plants in the direction of Area One now!

(0) 讚！ | 科研新手123

Are you referring to TBTOOLS?

(0) 讚！ | wawawawa

If you don't like it, you don't have to vote. Why insult the chef after being fed?

(0) 讚！ | zhiyong1995

Journals with a high impact factor that are recognized by the Chinese people are easy to submit and publish in. The efficiency of the editorial department is very high, and responses are quick! I recommend everyone to support them more!

(0) 讚！ | zhiyong1995

The driver of bad money driving out good money. It's embarrassing to compare it to a plant cell. It's so much worse than a plant cell, by several streets.

(0) 讚！ | fission Yeast

If we can't do it, we can actually choose not to do it. If we don't do it, we won't advocate for the elimination of the bad practices in the country and let the bad drive out the good.

(0) 讚！ | fission Yeast

Don't belittle others like this. Some people are volunteering to lead large groups for bioinformatics training for freshmen and students from major universities. Although there were paid online courses before, most of the group information is free. It's convenient for those who use it, and they don't have to code. With such a strong foundation of domestic users, the IF is naturally high

(0) 讚！ | wow9

What should we do then?

(0) 讚！ | wow9

The research article is all Chinese. Most of the spotlights are done by foreigners. They have put in a lot of effort to reduce the proportion of Chinese publications. Quite funny

(0) 讚！ | 思文

Recommend some classic botanical conservation journals in the field of botany, thank you

(0) 讚！ | 抵制不良编辑

The quality of the article is average, with very poor reputation. Even if it can score five points in a botany journal overseas, MP will not be considered

(3) 讚！ | 渡渡鸟

@NatPlants, please don't embarrass yourself. MP is a top-tier publication, and so is Horticulture Research, probably even better than MP. One is the premium version of a journal, and the other is the basic version

(0) 讚！ | 首龚

Chinese self-entertainment magazine, Horti Res is much more reputable than MP

(1) 讚！ | NatPlants

After looking at the articles from 2022 and 2023, the number of citations is quite good. However, upon closer inspection, over eighty percent of the citations are from Chinese authors. This is quite strange. Why are only Chinese authors citing the articles and not foreigners? It seems abnormal for a reputable journal to have this kind of phenomenon. Could the rumors be true?

(3) 讚！ | mountain tai

TBtools, which is often criticized by bioinformatics, has contributed over 6000 citations to MP in the past two years. Without TBtools, the impact factor of MP would probably drop to zero. 

MP might as well switch to being a bioinformatics tools journal. Then the impact factor could increase to 1000

(1) 讚！ | 仲元

Just because it's convenient, it can be published in MP? Don't look at innovation? Don't look at scientific significance?

(0) 讚！ | 仲元

Hahaha, hitting the nail on the head

(1) 讚！ | 素采

The level of articles in MP cannot be said to be bad, but it definitely does not look like a top journal. It seems to have a lot of data at first glance, but upon closer inspection, there are either logical bugs or deliberate attempts to exaggerate innovation, or simply lack of innovation. Many things reported in foreign journals over a decade ago can still be published in MP. The lower limit is relatively low.

Of course, those who are able to publish in top international journals would not even consider MP, as everyone knows that this journal has a very poor reputation

(1) 讚！ | 素采

When it comes to usefulness, there are so many useful tools out there, so why bother getting excited? Anything without much innovation can be submitted to the MP. Most articles on MP are junk. It's all about exchanging benefits

(0) 讚！ | 素采

But you can't deny that tbtools is really useful, otherwise there wouldn't be so many references. The impact factor of this journal is a bit inflated, but the quality of papers in the field of botany is still good

(0) 讚！ | KKK

The tool article, rejected by bioinformatics, was finally published in MP, with extremely negative reviews. It was this article that propelled MP's impact factor through the roof. Citation counts are no longer necessary for the sake of impact factor. Whether the article is innovative or not is irrelevant. It is estimated that 80% of the impact factor is due to inflated numbers. Remove the review letter, remove the mutual citations, and the score cannot go any higher

(0) 讚！ | 茜54655