The Journal of Plant Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of botany published on behalf of the Botanical Society of Japan [ja] by Springer Science+Business Media.

[1][2] Its predecessor, The Botanical Magazine (植物學雜誌, Shokubutsugaku zasshi) of Tokyo, first published in 1887, ran until volume 105 in 1992; during this period, over 4,900 plant names were first published in its pages.

[3] The journal obtained its current name in 1995.

[4] The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.629.

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