Five Years, the First Milestone on the ‘Silk Road’
Five Years, the First Milestone on the ‘Silk Road’
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DOI：
10.1093/mp/sss143
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
27.5
通讯作者：
S. Luan;Xiao-Ya Chen;N. Raikhel;W. Briggs
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作者：
S. Luan;Xiao-Ya Chen;N. Raikhel;W. Briggs
五年前，当《分子植物》提出出版第一期时，植物生物学界的许多人质疑是否需要另一本期刊。事实上，在现有近200种国际期刊的领域建立一种新的期刊是一项艰巨的任务。然而，世界各地的同事很快就对这份新期刊的质量和快速周转印象深刻。该杂志最令人兴奋和成功的特点是其关于分子植物科学当前主题的特刊，这些特刊是由特定领域的主要研究人员组织的。这样的主题问题满足了培养研究生和高级研究人员对植物生物学新兴领域的需求，同时也为《华尔街日报》所接受的高质量初级研究奠定了基调。前两年的所有期刊都被组织为主题期刊，使《期刊》独立于定期投稿，这些投稿可能针对的是没有明确质量标准的新期刊。在严格的审稿标准下，各组委会向同行征集并几乎总是收到最好的研究稿件，形成主题期刊。现在，《分子植物》已经出版了20多期主题杂志，涵盖了广泛的基础植物生物学研究。这些问题在了解植物发育和功能的机制以及植物为人类服务的许多方式方面取得了重大进展。然而，他们也强调，要最大限度地发挥植物对农业、可再生能源和环境健康的潜在贡献，还有很多东西需要学习。《分子植物》将继续为实现这一目标贡献一流的植物生物学研究成果。最近，一些分子植物问题重新审视了以前涵盖的主题，以更新读者在植物激素、光形态发生和非生物胁迫等快速发展的研究领域取得的进展。因此，分子植物不仅是快速报道前沿科学，而且是一个专题丛书，记录了精心挑选的当前主题。分子植物期刊的质量如何？虽然很难定量和精确地评估研究，但科学信息研究所（ISI）根据每份期刊发表的论文的平均被引用次数（也称为影响因子）对期刊进行排名。在最近的排名中，Molecular Plant在所有发表初级研究的植物期刊（不包括评论期刊）中排名第五。这一排名巩固了《分子植物》作为一本期刊的地位，它与《植物细胞》、《植物生理学》和《植物杂志》等一些知名期刊一起，发表了高质量的植物生物学科学。这一排名承认《分子植物》是一本顶级期刊——对于一本只有5年历史的期刊来说，这显然是一个巨大的荣誉。除了高影响力的出版物外，《华尔街日报》还通过在中国举行的年度董事会会议为科学交流和教育提供了一个宝贵的平台。每次理事会会议都与科学研讨会一起举行，理事会成员和其他受邀的研究人员在会上介绍植物生物学的最新发展。每一次这样的聚会都为年轻学生和研究人员提供了一个教育论坛，并促进了中国国内外科学家的科学合作。正如创刊号“前言”所述（Luan et al., 2008a），开辟植物科学新时代的新“丝绸之路”。栾淑娟，陈晓娟，李晓娟，李晓娟，李晓娟，李晓娟。[1][摘要][|][全文PDF] [|] Scopus(1)参见所有参考文献[luan et al., 2008]， Molecular Plant真正成为了一条将世界各国科学家聚集在一起的植物生物学新“丝绸之路”。五年是这条道路上的第一个里程碑。我们谨代表《分子植物》编辑委员会和出版人员，感谢植物生物学界对《分子植物》的一贯热情支持。在您的鼎力支持下，我们将努力出版植物生物学领域最优秀的科学成果，在这条“丝绸之路”上树立新的里程碑。
When Molecular Plant proposed to publish its first issue five years ago, many in the plant biology community questioned the need for another journal. Indeed, establishing a new journal in the field of almost 200 existing international titles proves to be a difficult task. However, colleagues around the world were soon impressed with the quality and rapid turnaround in this new journal. The most exciting and successful feature of the Journal was its special issues on current topics in molecular plant sciences that were organized by leading researchers in a particular field. Such themed issues fulfilled the need for educating graduate students and senior researchers alike on emerging areas of plant biology, and at the same time set the tone for top-quality primary research embraced by the Journal. All issues in the first two years were organized as themed issues, making the Journal independent of regular submissions that might target a new journal without a clear understanding of its quality standard. With vigorous review standards, each organizing committee solicited and almost always received the best research manuscripts from their colleagues to form the themed issue. Now Molecular Plant has published more than 20 themed issues that cover a broad spectrum of basic plant biology research. These issues represent great progress in understanding the mechanisms of plant development and function and the many ways plants serve mankind. However, they also emphasize that there is still much to learn to maximize the potential contributions of plants to agriculture, renewable energy, and environmental health. Molecular Plant will continue to contribute the results of first-rate research in plant biology to this end. Recently, some of the Molecular Plant issues re-examined topics covered previously to update readers on the progress made in such rapidly-moving areas of research as plant hormones, photomorphogenesis, and abiotic stress. Therefore, Molecular Plant is not only rapidly reporting cutting-edge science, but also serves as a monograph series that documents well-chosen current topics.What is the quality of Molecular Plant publications? Although it is difficult to quantitatively and precisely evaluate research, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) ranks journals according to the average citations received by papers published in each journal, also known as impact factor. In the most recent ranking, Molecular Plant stood in the fifth position from the top among all plant journals publishing primary research (excluding review journals). This ranking solidifies the stature of Molecular Plant as a journal that, together with a few well-established titles such as Plant Cell, Plant Physiology, and Plant Journal, publishes top-quality science in plant biology. This ranking recognizes Molecular Plant as a top-tier journal—clearly a great honor for a journal only five years old.In addition to its high-impact publications, the Journal also provides a valuable platform for scientific communication and education through its annual board meetings that take place in China. Each board meeting is held in conjunction with a scientific symposium at which board members and other invited researchers present latest developments in plant biology. Each such gathering serves as an educational forum for young students and researchers, and fosters scientific collaborations that involve scientists in and outside of China. As stated in the ‘Foreword’ of the inaugural issue (Luan et al., 2008xA new ‘silk road’ for a new era of plant science. Luan, S., Chen, X., Raikhel, N., and Briggs, W.R. Mol. Plant. 2008; 1: 1Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF | Scopus (1)See all ReferencesLuan et al., 2008), Molecular Plant truly became a new ‘silk road’ of plant biology that brings scientists from all over the world together. Five years marks the first milestone on this road.On behalf of the Editorial Board and publishing staff of Molecular Plant, we would like to thank you, the plant biology community, for your continuous and enthusiastic support of Molecular Plant. With your dedicated support, we will strive to publish the best science in plant biology and set new milestones on this ‘silk road’.