The Plant Cell


The Plant Cell is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of plant sciences, especially the areas of cell and molecular biology, genetics, development, and evolution. It is published by the American Society of Plant Biologists. The editor-in-chief is Sabeeha Merchant. The journal was established in 1989, with Robert Goldberg as founding editor-in-chief.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 9.618.
In October 2009, The Plant Cell introduced Teaching Tools in Plant Biology, a new online feature consisting of materials to help instructors teach plant biology courses. Each topic includes a short essay introducing the topic, with suggested further reading, and a PowerPoint lecture with handouts.

Editors

The following people are or have been editors-in-chief: