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Aims and scope

Aims and scope

Rice aims to fill a glaring void in basic and applied plant science journal publishing. This journal is the world's only high-quality serial publication for reporting current advances in rice genetics, structural and functional genomics, comparative genomics, molecular biology and physiology, molecular breeding and comparative biology. Rice welcomes review articles and original papers in all of the aforementioned areas and serves as the primary source of newly published information for researchers and students in rice and related research.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 4.8
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 5.4
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.490
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.304

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 6
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 100

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 685,872
    Altmetric mentions: 254