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期刊名称：JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Journal of Plant Biology
Editor-in-Chief: Gynheung An
ISSN: 1226-9239 (print version)
ABOUT THIS JOURNAL
- International in scope, broad in coverage
- Details significant research contributions to plant science
- Devoted to biotechnology, biochemistry and macromolecular structure, cellular and developmental biology, ecology, genetics and genomics, molecular biology, morphology, physiology and taxonomy of plants
The Journal of Plant Biology, an official publication of the Korean Society of Plant Biologists, is an international journal devoted to basic researches in biochemistry, cellular biology, development, ecology, genetics, molecular biology, physiology, and systematics of plants.
The Journal publishes original articles, reviews and brief communications detailing significant research contributions to plant science.
Celebrating its 50th year of publication in 2007, the Journal of Plant Biology first appeared in 1958, and was published until 1994 under the title Korean Journal of Botany.
Related subjects » Ecology - Plant Sciences
Impact Factor: 0.99 (2012) *
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Aims and scope
Journal of Plant Biology, an official publication of the Botanical Society of Korea, is an international journal devoted to basic researches in biochemistry, cellular biology, development, ecology, genetics, molecular biology, physiology, and systematics of plants.
The Journal publishes the following categories of paper:
Original articles -- For publication in Journal of Plant Biology the manuscript must provide a significant new contribution to our understanding of plants. All areas of plant biology are welcome. No limit on the length, but a concise presentation is encouraged.
Reviews -- Invited by the EiC.
Brief Communications -- Concise but independent report representing significant contribution to plant science.
The Botanical Society of Korea was founded on November 30, 1957 to promote studies, disseminate and exchange information on the field of plant biology. The first issue of The Korean Journal of Botany, the official publication of the society, was published on April 1, 1958. It was published twice a year, but quarterly from 5th volume in 1962. In 1994, it was renamed to Journal of Plant Biology and published in English since 1996. The journal entered its 50th year of publication in 2007.
Instructions to Authors
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Journal of Plant Biology
SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL
SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL
Journal of Plant Biology is an international journal open to papers of merit dealing with basic research in plant biology. Each manuscript submitted to Journal of Plant Biology must be an original research report that has not been submitted elsewhere, other than as an abstract of an oral or poster presentation. Manuscript in one of the following catagories will be considered for publication.
• Biochemistry
• Cellular Biology
• Development
• Ecology
• Genetics
• Molecular Biology
• Physiology
• Systematics
The Journal accepts the following categories of papers:
1. Original articles -- For publication in Journal of Plant Biology the manuscript must provide a significant new contribution to our understanding of plants. All areas of plant biology are welcome. No limit on the length, but a concise presentation is encouraged.
2. Reviews -- Invited by the EiC.
3. Brief Communications -- Concise but independent report representing significant contribution to plant science.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
All benefits in any form from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of the manuscript or any of the authors must be acknowledged. For each source of funds, both the research funder and the grant number should be given. Unless acknowledged, it is considered that authors have no conflict of interest.
HOW TO SUBMIT A MANUSCRIPT
Authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically using the online system available at http://jopb.edmgr.com. Although most of the widely used formats (e.g., JPEG) are acceptable, TIFF and EPS formats are preferred for figures. Authors are charged a handling fee of US $300 (up to six pages) per accepted manuscript and $60 for each additional page.
Authorship policy. Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions to (a) con- ception and design, or analysis and interpretation, of data; and to (b) drafting the article or revising it criti- cally for important intellectual content; and on (c) final approval of the version to be published. Condi- tions a, b, and c must all be met. Any part of an arti- cle critical to its main conclusions must be the responsibility of at least one author. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. (This state- ment is taken from the authorship policy adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Edi- tors and published in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, 1994 .)
Distribution of Materials. Publication of a paper in Journal of Plant Biology implies that the authors agree to distribute freely cell lines, transgenic plants and mutants, plant varieties, recombinant plasmids, vec- tors, viruses, and experimental protocols that were used
ORGANIZATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Submit manuscript with elements arranged in the fol- lowing order, numbering all pages consecutively.
Page 1: Running head not to exceed 60 characters and spaces; name, address, and telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address of author to whom all correspon- dence should be sent.
Title of article; all authors' full names (necessary for accurate indexing and abstracting); institution address(es).
Footnotes in the following order: present address(es) of authors if different from heading; corresponding author with fax number and e-mail address; abbreviations (unnumbered footnote).
Page 2: Abstracts cannot exceed 200 words. Upto six keywords or short phrases.
Page 3 and subsequent pages: Text (cite full binomials in Materials and Methods, cite references by author last name and year of publication), Acknowledgments Literature Cited.
Figure captions and legends (numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers), grouped, and double spaced.
Tables (numbered consecutively with roman numerals) together with concise titles and legends, one table per page, double spaced).
Original figures. (See section VI, Illustrations and Digital Art Submission.)
SPECIFIC TEXT REQUIREMENTS
Style and format. Manuscripts should be written in sim- ple declarative sentences and must conform to accepted standards of English style and usage. Consult recent issues for style and placement of main headings, subheadings, and paragraph headings and for other details of format.
Nomenclature. In the abstract, at first mention in the text, and in “Materials and Methods”, include complete botanical names (genus, species, authority for the bino- mial, and, when appropriate, cultivar) for all experi- mental plants. Following first mentions, generic names should be abbreviated to the initial, except when con- fusion could arise by reference to genera with the same initial. Identify algae and microorganisms by a collec- tion number or that of a comparable listing.
Abbreviations. Do not abbreviate words or measures in the title other than those standard for international usage. Chemical symbols can be used in titles. Units of measure can be abbreviated in the abstract. In the remainder of the text and the running head, use, with- out definition, the abbreviations listed at the end of these instructions. Define all other abbreviations alpha-betically in a single, unnumbered footnote if the term is mentioned three or more times.
Units of measure. The metric system is standard, and SI units must be used as much as possible. Use negative exponents to indicate units in the denominator when three or more units are used.
Numbers and fractions. Write out numerals one through nine, except when used with units of measure. Write out all numbers or fractions that begin a sen-tence, or rephrase the sentence to avoid beginning with a numeral. Use the preposition “to” between numerals (do not use a hyphen): “13 to 22 min,” “3 to 10οC.” Exceptions: in tables, figures, graphs, legends, and within parentheses in the te xt, hyphens are used. Deci-mals are preferred over fractions; however, when sim-ple fractions are used, write them out as a hyphenated unit: “two-thirds.”
Statistical treatment. When appropriate, include statis- tical analysis. Define all statistical measures clearly. Identify the number of replications of experimental treatments and the number of times individual experi-ments were duplicated.
Ratios. In describing mixtures, use “to” if a ratio is stated in words: “the chloroform to methanol ratio ”; use a colon if numerical ratio is provided: “chloroform: methanol (2:1, v/v)”; use a hyphen if numerical value is not given: “used in chloroform-methanol. ”
Growth room conditions. For reports of experiments in which growth rooms were used to simulate the natural environment, growth room conditions must be described according to the guidelines in Scientific Style and Format, Council of Biology Editors, 1994, 6th Ed., pp. 434-436. Solutions. Describe solutions of common acids and bases in terms of normality (N), e.g. 1 N NaOH, and those of salts in terms of molarity(M). Express fractional concentrations by decimals: 0.1 N acetic acid (not N/10 acetic acid). Define % as (w/w), (w/v), or (v/v); 10% (w/ v) signifies 10 g/100 mL. Express concentrations as micrograms per gram (µg g -1) or micrograms per millili- ter (μg mL -1) rather than as parts per million (ppm).
Gases. To indicate volume of gases, use microliters per liter (μL L -1) or nanoliters per liter (nL L -1) rather than ppm or ppb.
Ions. Represent ions as follows: Na +, Mn 3+, Br-, PO 43-.
Isotopically labeled compounds. For simple molecules, indicate the labeling by writin g the chemical formulae, for example: 14CO 2, H 218O, 2H 2O (or D 2O), H 235SO. For other molecules, place the isotopic symbol in square brackets attached to the name or the formula without a hypen or space: [ 14C]glucose, [ 32P]ATP, [ 22H]C 2H 2,sodium [ 14C]lactate. In the case of generic names, write the isotope without brackets and follow with a hyphen: 131I-albumin, 14C-amino acids, 1414C- photosynthate. Place letter and symbols indicating con- figuration and the like before the square bracket: D-[ 14C]glucose, L-[ 14C]alanine, α-[ 14C]naphthaleneacetic acid. Indicate the positions of isotopic labeling by arabic numerals, Greek letters, or prefixes placed in the square bracket and before the symbol of the element to which they are attached by hyphen: D-[3- 14C]lactate, L-[2- 14C]leucine, L-[2,3- 14C]malate, [γ- 3232P]ATP. Use the term U to indicate that the isotope is uniformly distributed among all six carbons: [U- 14C]glucose.
Molecular weight and mass. Two equivalent expressions should be distinguished: “molecular weight” (M r) is the ratio of the mass of a molecule to one-twelfth of the mass of carbon 12 and is, therefore, dimensionless. “Molecular mass” (the mass of one molecule of a sub- stance) is not a ratio and can be expressed in daltons (D). Say “the molecular mass of X is 20,000 daltons ” (20 kD) or “the molecular weight (M r) is 20,000,” but do not express M r in daltons. Expressions such as “the 20-kD peptide” and “the mass of a band on a gel is 240 kD” are acceptable for an entity that is not a definable molecule.
Trade names. Provide names and addresses of manu- facturers or suppliers of special material. Capitalize trade names. Avoid the use of trade names and code numbers of experimental chemical compounds used in research; rather, identify such compounds by common name (American Standards Association) if such a name exists, or by chemical name and structural formula.
Literature cited. Cite all references in text by last names and year of publication. Text citations should be arranged from the earliest to most recent year, alpha- betized by name within the same year. For entries in “Literature Cited,” alphabetize by authors' last names and follow the styles below exactly for capitalization, punctuation, and order of elements.
Journal articles
Author AB, Author CD (1995) Title of article. J Plant Biol 38: 15-22
Book articles
Author AB, Author CD, Author DF (1990) Title of arti- cle, In A Smith, B Jones, eds, Title of Book, Ed 2, Vol 3. Publisher, City, pp 14-19
Theses
Author AB (1995) Title of thesis. Ph.D. thesis.University, City
No authors or eds
Title of Booklet, Pamphlet, etc (1995) Publisher (or Company), City
Write out in full all one-word journal titles. Use the BIO-SIS List of Serials for abbreviations of multiple-word journal titles; write out in full the names of journals not listed there.
Articles that are “in press” may be so designated in “Literature Cited.” Note: An article may only be referred to as “in press” if it has been accepted for publication; cite the journal in which the article will appear.
Unpublished data, submitted articles, articles in prepa- ration, and personal communications are not accept- able as literature citations, so they must be referred to parenthetically in the text. Please include initials and last names of all authors. With regard to personal com- munications, verify the statement with the author of the information and obtain approval for its use and include a letter of permission with the manuscript.
TABLES
General instructions. Present data either in tables or figures, not both. In addition to the enumerated guide- lines below, authors may find valuable information in Scientific Style and Format, Council of Biology Editors, 1994, 6th Ed.
1. Number tables consecutively with Roman numerals.
2. First mention of tables in the text must be in sequen- tial order; indicate first mention of each table in margin of text.
3. Provide each table with a short, concise title fol- lowed by a legend that will make the general mean- ing of the table comprehensible without reference to the text.
4. Provide a descriptive heading for each column.
5. Do not separate data within the body of the table with new column headings or data. Do not arrange tables in sections labeled as, e.g. A or B. Instead, create another table to express data unconnected to or separate from that already presented.
6. Use superscript lowercase letters to indicate foot- notes.
7. Place each table and its legend, double-spaced throughout, on a separate page and write the authors' names on the back of each page.
8. Submit complex or large tables as camera-ready figures. Do not use double spaces in camera-ready tables except where they are necessary for legibility.
Numerals. Check both tabular data and numerical val- ues reported in the text for the proper number of signif-icant figures. For decimals smaller than one, insert a zero before the decimal point: 0.349.
Powers. To avoid numbers with many digits, express such numbers as powers of 10. The unit may be changed by the use of prefixes such as “m” or “μ.” For example: enter “5” to express a g value of 0.005 under the heading g ×10 -3 or a g value of 5000 under the heading g ×10 -3, conversely, express a concentration of 0.0015 M as 1.5 under the heading “concn (mM),” as 1500 under the heading “concn (μM),” or as 15 under the heading “10 4 × concn (M).”
ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIGITAL ART SUBMISSION
Guidelines for Hard Copy Art Submission
Create only as many figures as are necessary to accom- pany and clarify the research. Use the following guide- lines when preparing your figures.
1. Figures should be self-explanatory without much
reference to the text. It is preferable to mark the
treatments or variables on the figure itself with words
so that the reader can easily understand the expe - riment illustrated in the figure.
2. When submitting an article, include one set of original figures. “Original” means first- generation prints of photographs or laser prints of line draw- ings. Prints of digitized images must be identified as such. Each figure must be clearly marked on the back with authors' names, figure number, and an arrow to indicate the top of the figure. Also submit 3 sets of high-quality reproductions for the reviewers. “High quality” means photocopies of line drawings and actual photographs of gels and micrographs. Photocopies of photographs are unacceptable. Do not damage the figures when labeling.
3. Type size should not be less than 6 points (2 mm) after reduction.
4. Complicated formulas, flow diagrams, and path- ways should be submitted as figures.
5. Composite figures that have different parts (A, B, C, or plates of micrographs) should be grouped together and mounted on lightweight, flexible card- board. If a figure is a composite with several parts, they must be labeled as A, B, C, etc. and not as sep- arate figures grouped together.
6. Figures should be numbered with arabic numerals and must be mentioned sequentially in the text. Indicate first mention of each figure in the margin of the text.
7. Provide a caption and a brief explanatory legend for each figure. Captions and legends should be typed double-spaced on a separate manuscript sheet.
8. When possible, use the journal's accepted abbrevi- ations or those defined in the abbreviations foot- note. Define in the figure legend all other symbols or abbreviations used in the figure. As described above for tables, use powers of 10 with units of measurement.
9. Extend the abscissa and the ordinate only as far as the contents of the graph demand.
10. For two-dimensional gels (e.g. combined IEF and SDS separations), present photographs with the basic side to the right. Label the maximum and minimum pIs of the IEF gels at the top of the photograph. Label the positions of the Mr markers to the left of the photograph.
11. Attach a tissue overlay to photographs, especially electron micrographs, and indicate critically impor- tant areas of the photo.
12. Color photographs. Color printing requires that photographs be mounted on flexible backing. Jour- nal of Plant Biology will print color photographs when the costs are covered by the author. Please include a letter indicating your willingness to pay the charges.
PROCESSING OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Review. The monitoring editor usually recommends two reviewers for each manuscript. Authors are wel- comed to suggest appropriate reviewers in their field. Each reviewer evaluates the manuscript, suggests improvements, and recommends accepting or declin- ing the paper. If the reviewers disagree, the paper may be sent to a third reviewer, at the discretion of the mon- itoring editor.
The critiques by the reviewers and a decision letter (to accept without change, or to accept with revision) will be sent directly to the corresponding author by the monitoring editor. Editor-in-Chief will send a letter of decline. If the manuscript is accepted with revision, the corresponding author will return the revised manuscript, original artwork, and diskette to the monitoring editor. To avoid being considered as a new submission and, therefore, being reviewed a second time, a revised manuscript must be received within 60 days of the date of the decision letter. Papers that are excellent but nevertheless need extensive revision will, as a matter of policy, be declined. If a paper is declined, the resubmission must be sent to the JBP editorial office and will be reviewed as a new paper.
Proof. The printer will send to the corresponding author (a) original figures and printout of compare file, (b) two copies of the page proof, and (c) a reprint order form. The corresponding author will return (a) original figures and printout of compare file, (b) proofread and cor- rected original proof, and (c) the completed reprint order form.
Corrections to published articles. If necessary, correc- tions of significant errors in published articles will be published in a later issue of the journal. Within two months after publication, authors are requested to bring any errors to the attention of the managing editor.
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General Rules for Abbreviations
Symbols and Abbreviations Commonly Used in
Journal of Plant Biology
In the text, use without definition the abbreviations in this list. Define other abbreviations alphabetically in an unnumbered footnote if the term is mentioned three or more times in the paper. Spell out words in title and abstract (except common chemical symbols such as ATP, RNA) and numerals that begin a sentence.
Abbreviations of Units of Measurement
Prefixes to the names of units
kilo (10 3) k
mega (10 6) M
giga (10 9) G
tera (10 12) T
deci (10 -1) d
centi (10 -2) c
milli (10 -3) m
micro (10 -6) μ
nano (10 -9) n
pico (10 -12) p
femto (10 -15)f
atto (10 -18) a
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Gynheung An
Kyung Hee University, Korea
Editors
Richard Amasino, University of Wisconsin, USA
Hyung Taeg Cho, Seoul National University, Korea
Yeonsook Choung, Kangwon National University, Korea
Woo Sik Chung, Gyeongsang National University, Korea
Takashi Hashimoto, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Inhwan Hwang, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Ryozo Imai, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Japan
Robert K Jansen, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Jong-Seong Jeon, Kyunghee University, Korea
Hunseung Kang, Chonnam National University, Korea
Seong-Ryong Kim, Sogang University, Korea
Young-Dong Kim, Hallym University, Korea
Woo Taek Kim, Yonsei University, Korea
Choon-Hwan Lee, Pusan National University, Korea
Sang Yeol Lee, Gyungsang National University, Korea
William J Lucas, University of California, Davis, USA
Kyung-Hee Paek, Korea University, Korea
Francois Parcy, CNRS, Lab Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale, INRA, France
Jingrong Peng, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore
Pamela Ronald, University of California, Davis, USA
Alessandro Vitale, Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Italy
Guo-liang Wang, Ohio State University, USA
Daoxin Xie, Tsinghua University, China
Weicai Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Dae-Jin Yun, Gyungsang National University, Korea
Dabing Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Editorial Committee
Suleyman Allakhverdiev Russian Academy of Sciences
Zhukuan Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sunghwa Choe Seoul National University
Dongsu Choi Kunsan National University
Sang-Bong Choi Myongji University
Chang-deok Han Gyungsang National University
Kyung-Hwan Han Michigan State University
Ildoo Hwang Pohang University of Science and Technology
Liwen Jiang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kihong Jung Kyung Hee University
Cheol Soo Kim Chonnam National University
Jae-Yean Kim Gyeongsang National University
Jeong Hoe Kim Kyungpook National University
Jungmook Kim Chonnam National University
Ohkmae Kim Korea University
Seung-Chul Kim Sungkyunkwan University
June M. Kwak University of Maryland
Byeong-ha Lee Sogang University
Dong Hee Lee Ehwa University
Eun Ju Lee Seoul National University
Ji-Young Lee Seoul National University
Jung-yeon Lee Universtiy of Delaware
Youngsook Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Wanqi Liang Shanghai Jiaotong University
Sang-Hun Oh Cornell University
Nam-Chon Paek Seoul National University
Hyun Sook Pai Yonsei University
Chung-Mo Park Seoul National University
Sangkyu Park Ajou University
Shigeru Satoh Kyoto Prefectural University
Daisuke Takezawa Saitama University
Qi Xie Chinese Academy of Science
Hongquan Yang Shanghai Jiatong University
Sang-Dong Yoo Sungkyunkwan University
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