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The Current Opinion journals were developed out of the recognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists to keep up to date with the expanding volume of information published in their subject. In Current Opinion in Plant Biology, we help the reader by providing in a systematic manner:
1. The views of experts on current advances in plant biology in a clear and readable form. 2. Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated by experts, from the great wealth of original publications.
Division of the subject into sections: The subject of plant biology is divided into themed sections which are reviewed regularly to keep them relevant. Presently they are: Growth and development - Genome studies and molecular genetics (+ Plant biotechnology every other year) - Physiology and metabolism - Biotic interactions - Cell signalling and gene regulation - Cell biology
Selection of topics to be reviewed: Section Editors, who are major authorities in the field, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasised. Section Editors commission reviews from authorities on each topic that they have selected.
Reviews: Authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasising the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.
Editorial Overview: Section Editors write a short overview at the beginning of the section to introduce the reviews and to draw the reader's attention to any particularly interesting developments.
Ethics in Publishing - General Statement: The Editor(s) and Publisher of this Journal believe that there are fundamental principles underlying scholarly or professional publishing. While this may not amount to a formal 'code of conduct', these fundamental principles with respect to the authors' paper are that the paper should: i) be the authors' own original work, which has not been previously published elsewhere, ii) reflect the authors' own research and analysis and do so in a truthful and complete manner, iii) properly credit the meaningful contributions of co-authors and co-researchers, iv) not be submitted to more than one journal for consideration, and v) be appropriately placed in the context of prior and existing research. Of equal importance are ethical guidelines dealing with research methods and research funding, including issues dealing with informed consent, research subject privacy rights, conflicts of interest, and sources of funding. While it may not be possible to draft a 'code' that applies adequately to all instances and circumstances, we believe it useful to outline our expectations of authors and procedures that the Journal will employ in the event of questions concerning author conduct. With respect to conflicts of interest, the Publisher now requires authors to declare any conflicts of interest that relate to papers accepted for publication in this Journal. A conflict of interest may exist when an author or the author's institution has a financial or other relationship with other people or organizations that may inappropriately influence the author's work. A conflict can be actual or potential and full disclosure to the Journal is the safest course. All submissions to the Journal must include disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest. The Journal may use such information as a basis for editorial decisions and may publish such disclosures if they are believed to be important to readers in judging the manuscript. A decision may be made by the Journal not to publish on the basis of the declared conflict.
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Editors University of Pennsylvania Department of Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Email Doris Wagner Editorial Board Bonnie BartelRice University, Houston, Texas, United StatesDorothea BartelsUniversity of Bonn, Bonn, GermanyIsabel BäurleUniversity of Potsdam Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam, GermanyJeffrey L BennetzenPurdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United StatesDominique BergmannStanford University, Stanford, California, United StatesMike BevanJohn Innes Centre, Norwich, United KingdomXiaofeng CaoChinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaXuemei ChenUniversity of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United StatesJoanne ChorySalk Institute for Biological Studies Plant Biology Lab, San Diego, California, United StatesEnrico CoenJohn Innes Centre, Norwich, United KingdomJeff DanglUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United StatesCaroline DeanJohn Innes Centre, Norwich, United KingdomLiz DennisCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, AustraliaJoe EckerSalk Institute for Biological Studies Plant Biology Lab, San Diego, California, United StatesAnja GeitmannMcGill University Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue, Quebec, CanadaNiko GeldnerUniversity of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandBeverley GloverUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomSarah HakePlant Gene Expression Center, Berkeley, California, United StatesMaria HarrisonCornell University, Ithaca, New York, United StatesMarcus HeislerThe University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaJonathan JonesJohn Innes Centre, Norwich, United KingdomGerd JürgensEberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tubingen, GermanyDavid M. KramerMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United StatesRobert LastMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United StatesJan LohmannHeidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyRob MartienssenCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United StatesBruce McDonaldSwiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SwitzerlandElliot MeyerowitzCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United StatesBlake MeyersDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United StatesKiyotaka OkadaRyukoku University Faculty of Agriculture, Otsu, JapanKatherine W. OsteryoungMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United StatesJavier PalatnikInstitute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario, Rosario, ArgentinaJane ParkerMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Department Plant-Microbe Interactions, Köln, GermanyUta PaszkowskiUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomJavier Paz-AresSpanish Scientific Research Council, Madrid, SpainJulian I SchroederUniversity of California at San Diego Department of Biomedical Informatics, La Jolla, California, United StatesRon SederoffNorth Carolina State University Forest Biotechnology Industrial Research Consortium, Raleigh, North Carolina, United StatesKen ShirasuRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, JapanIan SmallUniversity of Western Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Crawley, Western Australia, AustraliaAlison SmithJohn Innes Centre, Norwich, United KingdomMark StittHeidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyJan TraasReproduction and Development of Plants, Lyon Cedex 07, FranceDetlef WeigelMax-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology Department of Molecular Biology, Tübingen, GermanySue WesslerThe University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United StatesQifa ZhangHuazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, ChinaXuehua ZhongUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Genetics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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