The aim of the journal is to report novel scientific discoveries related to all biological processes in plants using integrative genetic, chemical, cell and molecular biological approaches to understand plants at micro- and macro-scale.
Articles submitted to JIPB should fit in one of the following six themes: 1) Cell & Developmental Biology; 2) Metabolic Biology & Biochemistry; 3) Signal Transduction & Stress Response; 4) Systems Biology & Molecular Physiology; 5) Sexual Reproduction; and 6) Molecular Evolution & Ecology. Our primary focus is on providing the answers to significant plant biological questions and on the technologies essential for such studies. Preliminary observations, purely descriptive studies, tissue culture and transformation, and reporting on single plant-derived chemicals fall beyond the scope of the journal.

Chief Scientific Advisor
Wei-Hua Wu (China Agricultural University, China; whwu@cau.edu.cn) 
co-Editors-in-Chief
Kang Chong (Institute of Botany, CAS, China; chongk@ibcas.ac.cn)
Zhizhong Gong (China Agricultural University, China; gongzz@cau.edu.cn)
Senior Editors
Ian Thomas Baldwin Responsible for: Molecular Evolution & Ecology (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany; baldwin@ice.mpg.de)
Liwen Jiang Responsible for: Cell & Developmental Biology (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China; ljiang@cuhk.edu.hk)
Hailing Jin Responsible for:  Plant-biotic Interactions (University of California, USA; hailingj@ucr.edu)
Leon V. Kochian Responsible for: Molecular Physiology (University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Leon.Kochian@usask.ca)
Anna M.G. Koltunow  Responsible for: Plant Reproduction Biology （Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)，Australia; Anna.Koltunow@csiro.au）
Zhaobo Lang Responsible for: Functional Omics and Systems Biology (Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS, China; zblang@sibs.ac.cn)
Rana Ellen Munns Responsible for: Plant-abiotic Interactions (University of Western Australia, Australia; 
rana.munns@csiro.au and rana.munns@uwa.edu.au
Martin AJ Parry Responsible for: Photosynthesis and Crop Physiology (Lancaster University, UK; m.parry@lancaster.ac.uk)
Uwe Sonnewald Responsible for: Metabolic & Biochemistry (Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany; uwe.sonnewald@fau.de)
Yuanhe Yang Responsible for: Global Change Biology ( Institute of Botany, CAS, China; yhyang@ibcas.ac.cn)
Editors
Cell and Developmental Biology
Tobias I. Baskin (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
Wolfgang Busch (Salk, USA)
Alice Y. Cheung (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Juan Dong (Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, USA)
Jianping Hu (Michigan State University, USA)
Hongtao Liu (Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS, China)
Christopher J. Staiger (Purdue University, USA)
Frans Tax (University of Arizona, USA)
Stephan Wenkel (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Qi Xie (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China)
Jian Xu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Functional Omics and Systems Biology
Sanwen Huang (The Institute of Vegetable and Flowers, CAAS, China)
Xuehui Huang (Shanghai Normal University, China)
Jin-Sheng Lai (China Agricultural University, China)
Long Mao (Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS, China)
Jianbing Yan (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
Metabolism and Biochemistry
Katie Dehesh (University of California, Davis, USA)
Barbara Ann Halkier (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Shan Lu (Nanjing University, China)
Mechthild Tegeder (Washington State University, USA)
Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Ivan Galis ( Okayama University, Japan)
Georg Jander (Cornell University, USA)
Jianqiang Wu (Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China)
Molecular Physiology
Randy Todd Clark (DuPont Pioneer, USA)
Zhaojun Ding (Shandong University, China)
Hong Liao (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China)
Cong-Ming Lu (Institute of Botany, CAS, China)
Miguel A. Piñeros (Cornell University, USA)
Qian Qian (China National Rice Research Institute, China)
Shi Xiao (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Photosynthesis and Crop Physiology
Jeroni Galmés (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)
Johannes Kromdijk (University of Illinois, USA)
Plant-abiotic Interactions
Kurt Fagerstedt (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Yu-Jin Hao （Shandong Agricultural University, China）
Jia Li (Lanzhou University, China)
Jian Feng Ma (Okayama University, Japan)
Shao Jian Zheng (Zhejiang University, China)
Jianhua Zhu (University of Maryland, USA)
Plant-biotic Interactions
Gitta L. Coaker (University of California, Davis, USA)
Suomeng Dong (Nanjing Agricultural University, China)
Matthieu H.A.J. Joosten （Wageningen University，The Netherlands）
Pradeep Kachroo (University of Kentucky, USA)
Xin Li (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Isgouhi Kaloshian（University of California, Riverside，USA）
Kerry Mauck （University of California, Riverside，USA）
Shunyuan Xiao (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
Plant Reproduction Biology
John Harada (University of California, Davis, USA)
Li-Jia Qu (Peking University, China)
Thorsten Schnurbusch (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany)
Meng-Xiang Sun (Wuhan University, China)
Bao-Cai Tan (Shandong University, China)
James L. Weller (University of Tasmania, Australia)
Binglian Zheng （Fudan University，China)
Editorial Staff
Ping He
Editorial Office Director (he1001@ibcas.ac.cn)
Ling-Feng Chen
Web Manager (chenlf@ibcas.ac.cn)
Tong Liu
Communications Manager (tongliu@ibcas.ac.cn)
Jing-Jing Tan
Manuscript Manager (tanjj@ibcas.ac.cn)
Production Editor
Farhana Yusoff (Wiley, Singapore; fyusoff@wiley.com)
Publisher
Tina Wang, Wiley
JIPB Editor's Handbook