《植物研究雜志》是一份收集和傳播植物科學各領域基礎知識的國際刊物。涵蓋范圍擴展到該領域的每個角落，包括進化生物學、系統地理學、系統發生學、分類學、遺傳學、生態學、形態學、生理學、發育生物學、細胞生物學、分子生物學、生物化學、生物物理學、生物信息學和系統生物學等主題。該雜志提供了完整的研究論文，描述了原始的和重要的基本發現，有助于了解植物，以及更短的通信報告重要的新發現，新方法的技術說明，并邀請評論文章。《植物研究雜志》被評選為過去100年來生物學和醫學領域最具影響力的100種期刊之一(DBIO 100)。《自然》和《植物研究雜志》對出版的地圖和機構附屬機構的管轄權主張保持中立。

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