Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (JIPB), aiming at reporting novel and significant information related to any aspect of plant biology, is a leading international journal on plant sciences in China. JIPB has been indexed by SCI and was named as one of the Top 5 Chinese science and technology journals for 2006 and 2007 by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and is continuously supported by the NSFC and the CAS. CSTPCD Impact Factor: 0.662, ranking 18 th ; total citations: 3409, ranking 3 rd in Biological Science. ISI Impact Factor: 0.515, ranking 113 among 147 journals in plant science.