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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