万维提示：
1、投稿方式：在线投稿。
2、刊内网址（202512期）：
http://www.cell.com/molecular-plant/
http://www.molplant.org.cn
3、投稿系统：
https://www.editorialmanager.com/molecular-plant
4、官网邮箱：
mplant@sibs.ac.cn
staff-mplant@sibs.ac.cn
5、官网电话：021-54922858
6、出刊日期：月刊，每月月初出版。
2026年2月27日星期五
Information for authors
【官网信息】
Established in 2008, Molecular Plant is dedicated to serving the global plant science community by publishing novel and exciting findings with high significance. The journal focuses broadly on cellular biology, physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, development, plant-microbe interaction, genomics, bioinformatics, and molecular evolution. All contents published in Molecular Plant are freely available starting 12 months after publication.
Editorial evaluation timeline
Molecular Plant uses single anonymized peer review. All submissions are initially evaluated by professional scientific editors in consultation with editorial board members when necessary. Submissions that are deemed not appropriate for publication in Molecular Plant after initial evaluations will be returned to authors without external reviews, typically within 7 working days, so that submission elsewhere will not be delayed. Manuscripts selected for external reviews will be typically handled by professional scientific editors and evaluated by three reviewers for each research manuscript. Editors will make every effort to ensure timely reviews and generate an editorial decision typically within 4 to 5 weeks of manuscript receipt.
If publication is contingent on a revision, the handling editor will evaluate the reviewers' comments and provide specific guidance on the revision. In general, 1 month will be given to manuscripts that require minor revisions and 3 months for those that require major revisions. Molecular Plant allows only two rounds of submissions for any manuscripts that require revisions.
The same editor and reviewers who reviewed the previous version will typically evaluate resubmitted versions of previously rejected manuscripts. However, in some cases, the editor may find it appropriate or necessary to recruit new reviewers. There is no time limit for resubmission, but any conceptual advance and significance are evaluated based on the literature available on the day of the final decision, not the day of submission.
Typically, accepted papers will be published online within 5-10 days and in print within 3 months after acceptance. Any major changes after acceptance are subject to review and may delay publication.
Presubmission inquiries
Molecular Plant welcomes authors to send presubmission inquiries regarding suitability of their manuscripts. For research or review articles, such inquiries should include a significance statement of the research or review paper, plus a title page containing author information, abstract, and key figures (with legends) of the manuscript. For other short-format papers, presubmission inquiries should include the full paper. All presubmission inquiries should be sent to mplant@sibs.ac.cn.
Status inquiries
Once submitted, the status of a manuscript will be indicated as "under review" soon after the initial format check until a decision is made on this paper. All inquiries on review status of a submission should be directed to staff-mplant@sibs.ac.cn.
Manuscript transfer
Although each journal published by Cell Press is editorially independent, we have been using Editorial Manager, a manuscript tracking system that allows authors to transfer manuscripts along with any review comments they may have between Molecular Plant and Plant Communications. Should you have any questions about the suitability of your paper for transfer, please contact the email address of the receiving journal. Often, the receiving journal will be able to reach a decision based on the existing reviews. Occasionally, the receiving journal may seek comments from additional reviewers. When you use Editorial Manager to transfer your paper, you will have a chance to edit your files before they are sent to the receiving journal. You can always submit your paper to one of the journals without mentioning the first review process. In this case, the manuscript will be evaluated as a regular new submission. If you are interested in transferring manuscripts from other Cell Press journals to Molecular Plant, please contact the journal directly at mplant@sibs.ac.cn.
Editorial policies
All manuscripts are considered by Molecular Plant with the understanding that no part of the work has been published previously and the work is not under consideration elsewhere. All in press or submitted works that are pertinent to the manuscript under consideration by Molecular Plant (including those cited in the manuscript under consideration) must accompany the submission. Related manuscripts that have been submitted elsewhere during the period of revision must accompany the revised manuscript. Failure to provide copies of related manuscripts under consideration elsewhere may delay the review process and result in rejection of the submission. Under no circumstances will Molecular Plant consider a manuscript that contains data that have been submitted for publication elsewhere.
Preprint servers
Molecular Plant is happy to consider papers previously posted on preprint servers such as bioRxiv. Both Molecular Plant and Plant Communications support direct submission of manuscripts from bioRxiv via transfer of manuscript files and metadata to the journal’s Editorial Manager site. Our support for posting of preprints only applies to the original submitted version of the manuscript; we do not support posting to preprint servers revisions that respond to editorial input and peer review or final accepted manuscripts. Once your paper is published, we encourage you to update the preprint record with a link to the final published article.
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