Meta Plants
Meta Plants
Xiaoya Chen
Meta Plants is dedicated to publishing interesting findings from all areas of plant biology, spanning from microscopic mechanisms to macroscopic patterns and bridging evolutionary history with future ...
Meta Plants is dedicated to publishing interesting findings from all areas of plant biology, spanning from microscopic mechanisms to macroscopic patterns and bridging evolutionary history with future plant engineering. As an open-access journal, it fosters broad dissemination of plant science by connecting scientific frontiers with practical action, providing testable evidence and decision-relevant knowledge for mechanistic analysis, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable germplasm management in the context of global change.
Topics covered by the journal include:
1. Phenotypes & Mechanisms
Molecular & Cell biology
Genetics & Signaling
Development & Physiology
Plant epigenetics
Metabolism & Secondary metabolism
Multi-omics & Systems biology
2. Plant-Environment Interactions
Plant–microbe interactions & Symbiosis
Plant–pathogen interactions & Immunity
Plant–insect interactions & Defense
Abiotic stress & Acclimation
3. Tree of Life
Phylogenomics & Systematics
Comparative genomics & Genome evolution
Trait evolution & Adaptation
Speciation & Population genomics
Eco-evo-devo
4. Resource Innovation
Biotechnology & Trait improvement
Domestication & Breeding
Medicinal botany & Ethnobotany
Metabolic engineering & Synthetic biology
5. Advanced Technologies
Machine learning & AI for plant science
Single-cell & Spatial omic technologies
Databases & Tool development
6. Plants & Planets
Plants under climate change
Conservation biology
Invasion ecology
Urban plant ecology
Space plant biology (Astrobiology)
Society affiliation
This journal is jointly sponsored by Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden and the Chinese Society for Plant Biology (CSPB). Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, covering an area of 207 hectares, is a comprehensive botanical garden jointly established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), a...
This journal is jointly sponsored by Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden and the Chinese Society for Plant Biology (CSPB).
Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, covering an area of 207 hectares, is a comprehensive botanical garden jointly established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), and the Shanghai Municipal Government. Since its public opening in 2010, CSBG has aligned its mission with national biodiversity conservation strategies, focusing on germplasm collection and preservation, ex situ conservation, scientific research, and public science education. To date, CSBG maintains a living collection of over 20,000 plant taxa (including approximately 13,000 wild species), establishing itself as an internationally influential platform for plant conservation and scientific research. In 2021, CSBG initiated the application process for the establishment of the Shanghai Chenshan National Botanical Garden, which has been officially approved by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China in 2026.
The Chinese Society for Plant Biology (CSPB) was founded in October 1963. Currently, CSPB has established local societies or groups for plant physiology and plant biology in 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and keeps more than 12,000 individual members throughout China. It has 10 special committees, 3 sub-societies and 2 working committees. Its main business scope covers academic exchanges, science popularization, journal publishing, international cooperation, talent recommendation, education and training, and scientific and technological consulting etc.
The journal also receives technical support from two laboratories affiliated with Chenshan Botanic Garden: the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, and the Key Laboratory of East China Plant Conservation and Utilization (under the National Forestry and Grassland Administration).