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Founded in 1995, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants (PMBP) is a peer reviewed bimonthly journal co-published by Springer Nature. It contains research and review articles, short communications, commentaries, book reviews etc., in all areas of functional plant biology including, but not limited to plant physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, cell and molecular biology, genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. Its integrated and interdisciplinary approach reflects the global growth trajectories in functional plant biology, attracting authors/editors/reviewers from over 60 countries.
· Indexed by Thomson Reuters, Scopus with Impact Factor
· Grew 5-fold in impact & 3.3 fold in SJR in 8 yrs (Scopus)
· Scopus: h index grew from 6 in 2008 to 21 at present
· In the 2nd quartile of indexed plant journals, ahead of 257
· Google Scholar: h index 34 and I10 index 253 so far
· Google Scholar: Over 1000 citations/year since 2015
· Articles received from 53 countries in the last 3 years
· 500+ registered peer reviewers from 60 countries globally
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· Over 80% rejection rate, no handling/publishing charges
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· Welcomes proposals for thematic special issues/sections
· Globally subscribed in 8830 institutions across continents
· Over 1200 TOC alerts and 22,000 downloads per year
· Broad scope - a major resource for research & teaching
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· Online submission at www.editorialmanager.com/pmbp/

Editors-in-Chief
Rana Pratap Singh, Department of Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow - 226 025, India, pmbpeditor@gmail.com
Nandula Raghuram, School of Biotechnology, GGS Indraprastha University, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110 078, India, raghuram98@hotmail.com
Editors
Marian Brestič, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia
K V Bhat, NBPGR, India
Lean-Teik Ng, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Lean-Teik Ng, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Gabriella Szalai, Agri. Res. Instt., Hungary
M.V. Rajam, DUSC, New Delhi, India
P.K. Nagar, India
Iyyakannu Sivanesan, Gyeongsang Univ., Korea
Atul Grover, DIBER, Haldwani, India
Manoj Prasad, NIPGR, New Delhi
Praveen Verma, NIPGR, India
S.N. Bagchi, Rani Durgavati University, India
Umesh K. Reddy, West Virginia State University
Associate Editors
Madhusudhana Reddy Janga, Texas A&M University, USA
Edyta Paczos-Grzęda, University of Life sciences in Lublin, Poland
Soumendra K. Naik, Ravenshaw University, India
Shaoliang Chen, Beijing Forestry Univ, China
Shiela Macfi e, Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada
R.D. Tripathi, NBRI, RP Marg, Lucknow, India
Naveen C. Bisht, NIPGR, India
Assistant Editors
Dinesh Jaiswal, USBT, GGSIPU Univ, Delhi
Sunila Lochab, Ram Lal Anand College, Delhi
Irum Rizvi, USBT, GGSIPU Univ, Delhi
Editorial Board
Reto J. Strasser, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland
Andrew Rubin, IPP, Moscow, Russia
Huanming Yang, Beijing Genomics Instt., China
David Lightfoot, Univ. of Southern Illinois, USA
T. Yamaya, TU, Sendei, Japan
Gopinadhan Paliyath, Univ. of Guelph, Canada
N.P.A. Honner, UWO, London, Canada
Carlos Pimentel, UFRRJ, Seropedica, Brazil
Erwin Grill, Tech. Univ. of Munich, Germany
W.M. Kaiser, Würzburg, Germany
Nancy Roasens, LPGMP, Brussels, Belgium
Josè Botella, University of Queensland, Australia
Shivendra V. Sahi, Western Kentucky Univ, USA
Idah Sithole-Niang, Univ. of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
P.V. Sane, Lucknow, India
S.K. Sopory, JNU (Retd.), Faridabad, India
V. Sitaramam, Univ. of Pune (Retd.), Pune, India
B.C. Tripathy, JNU, New Delhi, India
J.P. Khurana, DUSC, New Delhi, India
P. Pardhasaradhi, DU, Delhi
K. Veluthambi, MKU (Retd.), Madurai, India
Probodh K. Trivedi, NBRI, Lucknow, India
P.K. Seth, Biotech Park, Lucknow, India
Pramod K. Tandon, CEO, Biotech Park, Lucknow, India
Lingaraj Sahoo, IIT, Guwahati, India