''Frontiers in Plant Science'' is a

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covering all aspects of

botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

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

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is Yunde Zhao (

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Abstracting and indexing

Since 2019, the journal has a score of 2 in the Norwegian Scientific Index, 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 type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field. The Impact Factor of a journa ...

is 6.627.

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