Plant Molecular Biology

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1 AAPG BULLETIN 期刊投稿指南 1. 期刊基本信息 刊名 :PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 影响因子 :3.518 PISSN: EISSN: 核心刊收录 : 版本 : 出版频率 :Monthly 学科 : 主题 :BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANT SCIENCES 出版社 :SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 3311 GZ 出版网址 : 期刊网址 : 2. 期刊简介 About the journal Plant Molecular Biology Plant Molecular Biology is an international journal dedicated to rapid publication of original research articles in all areas of plant biology. The Editorial Board welcomes full-length manuscripts that address important biological problems of broad interest, including research in comparative genomics, functional genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, biochemical and regulatory networks, and biotechnology. Because space in the journal is limited, however, preference is given to publication of results that provide significant new insights into biological problems and that advance the understanding of structure, function, mechanisms, or regulation. Authors must ensure that results are of high quality and that manuscripts are written for a broad plant science audience. As a service to authors, Plant Molecular Biology offers: Free color submissions; Speed of publication: immediate posting of accepted paper on the Kluwer web; Listed in the top ranking of the ISI listing; Rapid and top-quality reviews; Mini-reviews on important topics; Special attention to high quality illustrations; No page charges; Free notification service on new publications via Kluwer Alert; Online availability for institutions. Indexing/Abstracting Services Plant Molecular Biology is indexed/abstracted in Biochemistry Biophysics Citation Index; Biological Abstracts; BIOSIS Previews; Biotechnology Citation Index; CAB Abstracts; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts;

2 Chemical Abstracts; Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Current Contents/Life Sciences; Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences; Genetics; IBIDS; Index Medicus/MEDLINE; The ISI Alerting Services; Nucleic Acids Abstracts; PASCAL Database; Reference Update; Science Citation Index; Science Citation Index Expanded; SciSearch 3. 投稿指南 Instructions to Author Manuscript Submission (Online) All manuscripts should be submitted using the journals online manuscript submission system. Author's instructions can be found at The Plant Molecular Biology Editorial Board is committed to a rapid editorial review process and will inform authors of the status of their manuscript as quickly as possible. Kluwer Academic Publishers is pleased to offer to authors, editors and reviewers of Plant Molecular Biology the option to use the fully webenabled online manuscript submission and review system. Our online manuscript submission and review system offers authors the option to track in real time the progress of the review process of their manuscripts. Manuscripts should be submitted to: Plant Molecular Biology's Online manuscript and review system offers easy and straightforward log-in and submission procedures. It supports a wide range of submission file formats, including: Word, WordPerfect, RTF, TXT, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, EPS, Postscript, PICT and PDF. Authors are requested to download the Consent to Publish and Transfer of Copyrights form from this website. Please send a completed and duly signed form either by mail or fax to the Plant Molecular Biology's Editorial Office. Authors should still follow the regular instructions for authors when preparing their manuscripts (see below). The journal only accepts manuscripts written in English. British or American English spelling and terminology may be used, but either should be followed consistently throughout the article. Manuscripts should be typewritten on A4 or US Letter bond paper, leaving adequate margins (one inch minimum) on all sides for referees' remarks. Please double-space all materials, including notes and references. Quotations of more than 40 words should be set off clearly, either by indenting the left-hand margin or by using a smaller typeface. Use double quotations marks for direct quotations and single quotation marks for quotations within quotations and for words or phrases used in a special sense. Manuscript Presentation Plant Molecular Biology accepts the following categories of papers: 1. General papers: There is no fixed limit on the length of full-length research articles but a concise presentation is encouraged. 2. Minireviews: Short reviews on timely topics are solicited from experts in the field. Authors who wish to submit a (mini-)review should contact the Editor-in-Chief, since only (mini-)reviews on selected topics will be considered for publication. All (mini-)reviews are subject to normal review. If a full paper contains any new DNA sequence data, these must first be deposited in GenBank or the EMBL databank. The accession number obtained should be incorporated in a footnote on the titlepage of the manuscript. Number the pages consecutively with the first page containing:

3 title author(s) affiliation(s) full address for correspondence, including telephone and fax number and address Abstract and Key Words Please provide a short abstract of 100 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Begin on a new page. Please provide a maximum of 6 key words or short phrases in alphabetical order. Abbreviations Abbreviations and their explanations should be collected in a list. Abbreviations should be explained at first occurrence. Symbols and Units Metric units and Celsius (Centigrade) temperatures should be used for all measurements. SI units should be used throughout. Nomenclature Chemical and biochemical Names of chemical compounds follow the Chemical Abstracts (Chemical Abstract Service, Ohio State University, Columbus) and its indexes. Biochemical terminology, including abbreviations and symbols, follows the recommendations of the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature. Enzyme activity in units follows the Enzyme Nomenclature (Academic Press, 1979). For summaries of the abbreviations consult Journal of Biological Chemistry, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Handbook of Biochemistry (H.A. Sober, Chemical Rubber Company, Cleveland, latest edition). Taxonomical Genetic Binary nomenclature: names of genera and higher categories may be used alone. Application of the term phenotype and genotype should be in accordance with Demerec et al. (Genetics 54: 61-74, 1966). For summaries of the abbreviations, consult Journal of Bacteriology, Instructions to Authors. Figures and Tables Submission of electronic figures Authors are requested to upload the electronic versions of figures in either Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) or TIFF format. Many other formats, e.g., Microsoft Postscript, PiCT (Macintosh) and WMF (Windows), cannot be used and the hard copy will be scanned instead. Figures should be saved in separate files without their captions, which should be included with the text of the article. Files should be named according to DOS conventions, e.g., `figure1.eps'. For vector graphics,

4 EPS is the preferred format. Lines should not be thinner than 0.25pts and in-fill patterns and screens should have a density of at least 10%. Font-related problems can be avoided by using standard fonts such as Times Roman and Helvetica. For bitmapped graphics, TIFF is the preferred format but EPS is also acceptable. The following resolutions are optimal: black-and-white line figures dpi; line figures with some grey or coloured lines dpi; photographs dpi; screen dumps - leave as is. Higher resolutions will not improve output quality but will only increase file size, which may cause problems with printing; lower resolutions may compromise output quality. Please try to provide artwork that approximately fits within the typeset area of the journal. Especially screened originals, i.e. originals with grey areas, may suffer badly from reduction by more than 10-15%. Each figure and table should be numbered and mentioned in the text. The approximate position of figures and tables should be indicated in the text (in italics, to stand out). Figures and tables should be placed at the end of the manuscript following the Reference section. Each figure and table should be accompanied by an explanatory legend. The figure legends should be grouped and placed on a separate page. In tables, footnotes are preferable to long explanatory material in either the heading or body of the table. Section Headings First-, second-, third-, and fourth-order headings should be clearly distinguishable but not numbered. Appendices & Supplementary material Supplementary material should be collected in an Appendix and placed before the Notes and Reference sections. For more detailed information please refer to the website of Plant Molecular Biology: Notes Please use footnotes rather than endnotes. Notes should be indicated by consecutive superscript numbers in the text. A source reference note should be indicated by means of an asterisk after the title. This note should be placed at the bottom of the first page. Cross-Referencing In the text, a reference identified by means of an author's name should be followed by the date of the reference in parentheses and page number(s) where appropriate. When there are more than two authors, only the first author's name should be mentioned, followed by `et al.'. In the event that an author cited has had two or more works published during the same year, the reference, both in the text and in the reference list, should be identified by a lower case letter like `a' and `b' after the date to distinguish the works. Examples: Winograd (1986, p. 204) (Winograd, 1986a,b) (Winograd, 1986; Flores et al., 1988) (Bullen and Bennett, 1990) Acknowledgements Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the References. References

5 References to books, journal articles, articles in collections and conference or workshop proceedings, and technical reports should be listed at the end of the article in alphabetical order. Articles in preparation or articles submitted for publication, unpublished observations, personal communications, etc. should not be included in the reference list but should only be mentioned in the article text (e.g., T. Moore, personal communication). References to books should include the author's name; year of publication; title; page numbers where appropriate; publisher; place of publication, in the order given in the example below. De Walle, F.B. and Sevenster, J Agriculture and the Environment: Minerals, Manure and Measures. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. References to articles in an edited collection should include the author's name; year of publication; article title; editor's name; title of collection; first and last page numbers; publisher; place of publication, in the order given in the example below. Muntz, K Deposition of storage proteins. In: J. Soll (Ed.), Protein Trafficking in Plant Cells, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp References to articles in conference proceedings should include the author's name; year of publication; article title; editor's name (if any); title of proceedings; first and last page numbers; place and date of conference; publisher and/or organization from which the proceedings can be obtained; place of publication, in the order given in the example below. Van Rees, K Soil temperature effects from minirhizotron lighting systems. In: Jamex E. Box, Jr. (Ed.), Root Demographics and Their Efficiencies in Sustainable Agriculture, Grasslands and Forest Ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the International Society of Root Research, July 1996, Clemson, USA, p Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. References to articles in periodicals should include the author's name; year of publication; article title; abbreviated title of periodical; volume number (issue number where appropriate); first and last page numbers, in the order given in the example below. Sato, Y., Sentoku, N., Nagato, Y. and Matsuoka, M Isolation and characterization of a rice homebox gene, OSH15. Plant Mol Biol 38: References to technical reports or doctoral dissertations should include the author's name; year of publication; title of report or dissertation; institution; location of institution, in the order given in the example below. Dias, M.A.D Analysis of water deficit stress responsive cdna clones and the characterization of the genomic clone of gene `lp5' of Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A. Proofs Proofreading will be arranged by the Publisher. One proof, however, will be sent to the corresponding author. The author should fax any corrections to the Publisher within 48 hours of receipt (fax: +31-(0) ). Offprints 50 offprints of each article will be provided free of charge. Additional offprints can be ordered by means of an offprint order form supplied with the proofs. The corresponding author receives a copy of the issue containing her/his article free of charge.

6 Page Charges and Colour Figures No page charges are levied on authors or their institutions. Kluwer Academic Publishers will print free of charge to its authors the first colour page, if judged by the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Board that colour figures will significantly improve the scientific content of a paper. The costs of additional colour pages will be charged to the authors. Alternatively, the photograph(s) could be reproduced in black and white at no extra cost. Copyright Authors will be asked, upon acceptance of an article, to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher. This will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information under copyright laws. Permissions It is the responsibility of the author to obtain written permission for a quotation from unpublished material, or for all quotations in excess of 250 words in one extract or 500 words in total from any work still in copyright, and for the reprinting of figures, tables or poems from unpublished or copyrighted material. Cover Authors are encouraged to submit a color photograph that could be considered for publication as a cover of the journal. An electronic file or a glossy print (8 inches by 10 inches) or slide and a 150-word summary of what the illustration shows should be submitted. The illustration should be relevant to your paper. Questions about the photographs can be directed to the Editorial Department (peterpaul.delsman@wkap.nl). Additional Information Additional information can be obtained from: Jacco Flipsen Kluwer Academic Publishers P.O. Box AZ Dordrecht The Netherlands Tel.: Fax: Jacco.Flipsen@wkap.nl Homepage: 4. 编辑部信息 Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Wilhelm Gruissem Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland Associate Editors: G.P. Bolwell, University of London, UK J.J. Casal, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina L. Comai, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

7 M. Delseny, University of Perpignan, France J. Denecke, University of Leeds, UK Xing Wang Deng, Yale University, USA H. Fukuda, University of Tokyo, Japan C. Gatz, Albrecht von Haller Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Göttingen, Germany M. Goldschmidt-Clermont, University of Geneva, Switzerland M.L. Guerinot, Dartmouth College, NH, USA L. Hanley-Bowdoin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA Hong Ma, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA E. Lam, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA J.A.H. Murray, University of Cambridge, UK H. Puchta, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany R.H. Schmidt, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany J.N. Siedow, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Daye Sun, Hebei Normal University, PR of China W.F. Vermaas, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA S. Yalovsky, Tel Aviv University, Israel Jian-Kang Zhu, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA