The Current Opinion journals were developed out of the recognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists to keep up to date with the expanding volume of information published in their subject. In Current Opinion in Plant Biology, we help the reader by providing in a systematic manner:1. The views of experts on current advances in plant biology in a clear and readable form.2. Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated by experts, from the great wealth of original publications.Division of the subject into sections: The subject of plant biology is divided into themed sections which are reviewed regularly to keep them relevant. Presently they are:Growth and development - Genome studies and molecular genetics (+ Plant biotechnology every other year) - Physiology and metabolism - Biotic interactions - Cell signalling and gene regulation - Cell biologySelection of topics to be reviewed: Section Editors, who are major authorities in the field, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasised. Section Editors commission reviews from authorities on each topic that they have selected.Reviews: Authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasising the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.Editorial Overview: Section Editors write a short overview at the beginning of the section to introduce the reviews and to draw the reader's attention to any particularly interesting developments.

目前的意見期刊是由于認識到專家越來越難以跟上在其主題上發表的信息量不斷擴大的情況而發展起來的。在當前的植物生物學觀點中，我們通過系統地提供以下信息來幫助讀者:1. 專家對當前植物生物學進展的觀點，以清晰易讀的形式。2. 最有趣的論文的評估，由專家注釋，從大量的原始出版物。學科劃分:植物生物學學科劃分為主題板塊，定期復習，保持相關性。目前:生長發育-基因組研究和分子遺傳學(每隔一年+植物生物技術)-生理和代謝-生物相互作用-細胞信號和基因調控-細胞生物學審查題目的選擇:該領域的主要權威部門編輯由期刊編輯任命。他們將章節劃分為若干主題，以確保該領域得到全面覆蓋，并強調所有當前重要的問題。章節編輯委員會對他們選擇的每一個主題進行權威審查。綜述:作者撰寫簡短的綜述文章，介紹他們研究領域的最新進展，強調他們認為最重要的方面。此外，他們還為他們認為在前一年發表的所有論文中最有趣的論文提供簡短的注釋。編輯概述:章節編輯在章節的開頭寫一個簡短的概述，介紹評論，并吸引讀者注意任何特別有趣的進展。