''Frontiers in Plant Science'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of

botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

. It was established in 2010 and is published by Frontiers Media. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Yunde Zhao (

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...

Abstracting and indexing

Since 2019, the journal has a score of 2 in the

Norwegian Scientific Index CRIStin (Current Research Information System in Norway) is the national research information system of Norway, and is owned by the Royal Ministry of Education and Research. CRIStin documents all scholarly publications by Norwegian researchers, an ...

, which "covers the most prestigious and rigorous channels, which publish 20 percent of the publications". According to the Frontiers, the journal Frontiers in Plant Science 2021

impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ...

is 6.627.

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* {{Official website, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science Publications established in 2010 English-language journals Botany journals Frontiers Media academic journals