Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
154 manuscripts
Articles published last year
90 articles
% accepted last year
70% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
16% imm. rejected
Open access status
open access
Two-year impact factor
0.91

Aims and Scope

Applications in Plant Sciences (APPS) is a monthly, online-only, open access, peer-reviewed journal promoting the rapid dissemination of newly developed, innovative tools and protocols in all areas of the plant sciences, including genetics, structure, function, development, evolution, systematics, and ecology. Given the rapid progress today in technology and its application in the plant sciences, the goal of APPS is to foster communication within the plant science community to advance scientific research. A publication of the Botanical Society of America, the first issue of APPS published in January 2013 as part of BioOne's Open Access collection.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.3 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
2.9 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.7 / 5.0 (moderate)
Average number of review reports
2.7 reports
Quality of review reports
4.7 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 9.7 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
I have been very satisfied with handling, processing, and review of manuscripts with Applications in Plant Sciences. The editorial staff is very communicative and reviews are responsive and thorough. Internal and outside reviewers were well selected and provided comments that greatly improved my manuscript. The staff has worked with me to improve style and layout of figures and tables that greatly improves the visual presentation of the content. The editorial staff also regularly promotes published content for broader dissemination in professional and social media.
5.0
Excellent process
3 reviews
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Disciplines

Botany Genetics

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