The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce that Plant Phenomics, the second journal launched as part of the Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program, has been accepted for inclusion in Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). The journal is expected to receive its first Journal Impact Factor in the June 2022 release of the Journal Citation Reports.
Inclusion in SCIE is the latest milestone for the journal, which is also indexed in CABI, CNKI, DOAJ, PMC and Scopus. SCIE evaluates a journal’s quality and influence before carefully selecting titles for inclusion, a recognition of Plant Phenomics’ rigor and commitment to impactful research. Published in affiliation with the State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and distributed by AAAS, Plant Phenomics was launched in 2019.
The journal publishes novel research advancing all aspects of plant phenotyping from the cell to plant population levels using innovative combinations of sensor systems and data analytics, with the aim to also connect phenomics to other science domains, such as genomics, genetics, physiology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, statistics, mathematics, and computer sciences. As a continuation of AAAS' commitment to advance science throughout the world, the journal's content is published Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), on a continuous basis.
“We are delighted that Plant Phenomics, one of the first journals launched in the Science Partner Journal program, has earned inclusion in SCIE,” said Bill Moran, Publisher of the Science family of journals at AAAS. “A testament to the dedicated partnership between AAAS and NAU, this success will enable the journal’s impactful research to reach new audiences, and we look forward to continued success under the leadership of Editors-in-Chief Seishi Ninomiya, Frédéric Baret and Zong-Ming Cheng.” Zong-Ming Cheng, an Editor-in-Chief for the journal, noted, "I am pleased that the collaboration between Nanjing Agricultural University and AAAS, in cooperation with the enormously hard work of the journal’s Editors-in-Chief, Associate Editors, authors, reviewers and editorial office staff, has led to this new journal reaching this milestone. We will continue to work hard to serve the Plant Phenomics research community and to build the journal into the next level of excellence.” Cheng concluded, “On behalf of the editorial team and the editorial staff, thank you for all the support worldwide."
As with all titles participating in the Science Partner Journal program, Plant Phenomics is editorially independent and responsible for the content published in the journal. AAAS is actively seeking new partners across scientific disciplines to join the program, which features English-language publications. Partner organizations are responsible for establishing editorial boards committed to best practices in peer review and author service. For more information about the Science Partner Journal program, please visit the program’s homepage at spj.sciencemag.org. For questions regarding the program and inquiries about the application process for becoming a partner organization, contact spj@aaas.org.
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About the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, as well as Science Translational Medicine; Science Signaling; Science Advances, a digital, open-access journal; Science Immunology; and Science Robotics. AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes more than 260 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world. The nonprofit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement and more.
About Nanjing Agricultural University
As one of China's oldest and most prestigious universities of agricultural sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) is a pioneer of modern agricultural education, research, and the four-year bachelor program in higher agricultural education in China and now has expanded to a comprehensive university, offering BS, MS and PhD degrees in agriculture, arts and science, engineering and business. Over the course of its century-long history, NAU has committed to the values of "integrity, simplicity, diligence and benevolence" and pursued the approach of "putting students first, upholding moral standards, promoting scholarship, and contributing to the community." NAU currently maintains partnerships with over 150 universities and research institutes in over 30 countries or territories through joint education programs, academic exchanges and collaborative research programs. See http://english.njau.edu.cn/.