期刊名称：PLANT SCIENCE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Plant Science
An international journal of experimental plant biology which publishes, in the minimum time, papers in plant physiology and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, cell biology, and related areas.
Papers describing experimental work with multicellular plants and plant-like microorganisms (protists) including algae and fungi, and blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) are appropriate.
Submission of manuscripts in the broad areas of biochemistry (including enzymology), bioenergetics, cell biology, development, genetics, molecular biology, physiology and structure in relation to function, as well as fundamental work in these areas related to agriculture and phytopathology are invited.
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Abstracting / Indexing
- BIOSIS
- Chemical Abstracts
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- PASCAL M
- Reference Update
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Instructions to Authors
Submission of manuscripts
Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Submission also implies that all authors have approved the paper for release and are in agreement with its content. Upon acceptance of the article by the journal, the author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
Manuscripts should be sent to one of the Chief Editors:
J.H. Weil
Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes
12 Rue du General Zimmer
67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
G. Spangenberg
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Plant Sciences & Biotechnology
La Trobe University
Bundoora
VIC 3083, Australia
Tel: +61 3 9479 2995
Fax: +61 3 9479 3618
E-mail:german.spangenberg@nre.vic.gov.au
T.W. Okita
Institute of Biological Chemistry
Washington State University
Pullman,WA 99164-6340, USA
Tel: +1-509 335-3391
Fax: +1-509 335-7643
E-mail: plantsci@wsu.edu
Manuscripts in English, should be submitted in triplicate in double-spaced typing. Papers should normally be subdivided into sections: summary, introduction, methods, results, discussion. Author's full names, academic or professional affiliations and addresses should be included on the first page. The postal address, phone and fax numbers and, if possible, the E-mail address of the corresponding authors should also be indicated on the first page. Indication of name and address for proofs should be given. Authors should consult papers in a recent issue for details of style that are not printed below. Authors are responsible for submitting well-written manuscripts in proper style that have been carefully read and corrected to eliminate errors. Authors who are not fluent in English should have their manuscripts read by English-speaking colleagues to ensure that the submitted paper is free from grammatical errors. Failure to meet these standards may cause serious delay in the handling of manuscripts; manuscripts with serious deficiencies will be returned to the authors for rewriting before they are considered further.
NEW! Online submission of papers
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts to the CBP office electronically, by using the ElSubmit submission tool at http://authors.elsevier.com/journal/plantsci. After registration, authors will be asked to upload their article and associated artwork. The submission tool will generate a PDF file to be used for the reviewing process.
See the Guide to Online Submission at the above web address.
Reviews The submission of Reviews will ordinarily be solicited by the Chief Editors, but review articles can also be submitted.
Book reviews Plant Science accepts books for review which should be sent to:
J.H. Weil
Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes
12 Rue du General Zimmer
67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
Electronic manuscripts Electronic manuscripts have the advantage that there is no need for rekeying of text, thereby avoiding the possibility of introducing errors and resulting in reliable and fast delivery of proofs.
For the initial submission of manuscripts for consideration, hardcopies are sufficient. Elsevier is now publishing all manuscripts using electronic production methods, and therefore needs to receive the electronic files of your article with two hardcopies of the accepted version. Electronic files can be submitted on floppy disks, ZIP/JAZ disks, or CD ROMs.
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We can accept most word-processing formats (ideally Microsoft Word or WordPerfect). Most formatting codes will be removed or replaced on processing your article so there is no need for you to use excessive layout styling. In addition, do not use options such as automatic word breaking, justified layout, double columns or automatic paragraph numbering (especially for numbered references). However do use bold face, italic, subscripts, superscripts etc. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, please use only one grid for each separate table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is being used, use tabs to align columns not spaces. Please follow this order when you create your manuscript: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Vitae, Figure legends and then Tables. Do not import the Figures into the text file.
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Summary The article should start with a summary of approx. 100-200 words.
Keywords: a maximum of six keywords (or short phrases) should be included with the submitted manuscript. These will be used in the compilation of the subject index and for any subsequent retrieval.
Tables should bear a short descriptive title and should also be typed on separate sheets.
Illustrations
1. All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) should be submitted separately, unmounted and not folded.
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9. Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity. Sharp and glossy copies are required. Reproductions of photographs already printed cannot be accepted.
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Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to 'grey scale' (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white prints corresponding to all the colour illustrations.
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1. Computer-generated illustrations and halftones/line/tones (either colour or black & white) are acceptable. Since we cannot guarantee the usability of graphic files, original hardcopies of all illustrations must accompany the accepted printout of the manuscript in all cases.
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References should be numbered in the order that they first appear in text and listed in numerical sequence on a separate sheet. References should be cited in full in the reference list, including the title and the first and last page numbers. In the reference list, periodicals [1], books [2], and multi-author books [3] should accord with the following examples:
1. J.F. Briat, M. Dron, R. Mache, Is transcription of higher plant chloroplast ribosomal operons regulated by premature termination? FEBS Lett. 163 (1083) 1-5.
2. T. Bengochea, J.H. Dodds, Plant Protoplasts, Chapman & Hall, London, New York, 1986, pp. 1-90.
3. H.J. Bohnert, E.J. Crouse, J.M. Schmitt, Organization and expression of plastid genomes, in: B. Parthier, D. Boulter, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, Vol. 14B, Springer Verlag, 1982, pp. 475-530.
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Authors are encouraged to check accession numbers used very carefully. An error in a letter or number can result in a dead link.
In the final version of the printed article, the accession number text will not appear bold or underlined (see Example 2 below).
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Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author as given on the title page of the manuscript. Usually proofs will be sent by email as a PDF file.
Only typesetter's errors may be corrected; no changes in, or additions to, the edited manuscript will be allowed.
Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete.
Enquiries
Authors can also keep a track on the progress of their accepted article, and set up e-mail alerts informing them of changes to their manuscript's status, by using the "Track a Paper" feature of Elsevier's Author Gateway http://authors.elsevier.com. For privacy, information on each article is password-protected. The author should key in the "Our Reference" code (which is in the letter of acknowledgement sent by the publisher on receipt of the accepted article) and the name of the corresponding author. In case of problems or questions, authors may contact the Author Service Department, E-mail: authorsupport@elsevier.com.
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief:
J.H. Weil, Institut de Biologie Mol¨¦culaire des Plantes, 12 Rue du G¨¦n¨¦ral Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France. Tel: +33-3-88-41-72-38, Fax: +33-3-88-61-44-42, Email: Jacques-Henry.Weil@ibmp-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
G. Spangenberg, Plant Biotechnology Centre, Agriculture Victoria, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; Tel: +61 3 9479 3851, Fax: +61 3 9479 3618, Email: german.spangenberg@nre.vic.gov.au
T.W. Okita, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA. Tel: +1-509 335-3391, Fax: +1-509 335-7643, Email: okita@wsu.edu
Editorial Board:
D. Bartels, Köln, Germany
P. Benveniste, Strasbourg, France
H.J. Bohnert, Tucson, AZ, USA
T. Boller, Basel, Switzerland
A. Brennicke, Ulm, Germany
B.P.A. Cammue, Heverlee-Leuven, Belgium
L. Copeland, Sydney, NSW, Australia
M. Delseny, Perpignan, France
R. Douce, Grenoble, France
B. Dräger, Halle, Germany
D. Dudits, Szeged, Hungary
J. Gressel, Rehovot, Israel
R. Haselkorn, Chicago, IL, USA
M. Havaux, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
R. Herrmann, Munich, Germany
F. Hoffmann, Irvine, CA, USA
D. Inz?/B>, Gent, Belgium
K. Kamo, Beltsville, MD, USA
M. Lebrun, Montpellier, France
A.B. Legocki, Posnan, Poland
H. Lörz, Hamburg, Germany
M. Monsigny, Orleans, France
J.A. Rafalski, Newark, DE, USA
R. Ranjeva, Toulouse, France
K. Richards, Strasbourg, France
D. Scheel, Halle, Germany
H. Stafford, Portland, OR, USA
G.A. Strobel, Bozeman, MT, USA
M. Sugiura, Nagoya, Japan
D. Tepfer, Versailles, France
C. Triantaphylid¨¨s, Saint-Paul Lez Durance, France
F. Van Breusegem, Gent, Belgium
C.P. Vance, St. Paul, MN, USA
Z. Xu, Beijing, China
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