Quantitative Plant Biology provides an interdisciplinary forum for high quality research on ground-breaking discoveries and predictions in quantitative plant science, such as.
- Multiscale (molecule to population) dynamics
- Variability, noise and stochasticity
- Nonlinearities and feedback loops
- Biochemical and mechanical signalling synergies
- Growth, patterning and developmental robustness
- Systems approaches for sustainability
- New theories and hypotheses
These questions can now be addressed thanks to quantitative approaches:
- Quantitative interactions and dynamics (systems biology approaches), e.g. molecular network dynamics and stochasticity, feedback mechanisms, cell biology, morphogenesis, physiology and morphodynamics
- Correlative data generating robust predictions (BigData approaches), e.g. co-expression analysis, deep-learning, statistical approaches to imaging and modelling (mathematical, statistical, computational) and ecosystem sustainability
- Large dataset resources (high throughput approaches), e.g. natural variation, (epi)genetics, “-omics”, morphometry and biomechanics
The journal welcomes submissions at all biological scales (from molecular through cellular and organismal to populations) and from a wide range of sources (from lab to field). The journal also welcomes the submission of quantitative studies involving citizen science (see dedicated article format).
The core of the publication strategy will be to enhance our quantitative understanding of how plants function from a physiological and evolutionary perspective.
We accept the following types of articles:
- Original Research Article*
- Theories*
- Citizen Science*
- Reviews*
- Classics*
- Perspectives*
- Insights**
- Editorial
* All or part of the publication costs for these article types may be covered by one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access. For authors not covered by an agreement, and without APC funding, please see this journal's open access options for instructions on how to request an APC waiver.
** No APCs are required for these article types.