PRO-SCIENCE
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- Overall, we rate Plant Communications Journal as a Pro-Science journal. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Plant Communications Journal is a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by Cell Press that covers the study of plant science. According to its about page, “Plant Communications is dedicated to serving the global plant science community by providing a high-quality open access publishing platform.”
Cell Press, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, publishes over 50 scientific journals. Cell Press Journals are 50% open-access as of 2024.
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Funded by / Ownership
Plant Communications Journal is published by Cell Press, which is a subsidiary of Elsevier, a Dutch information and analytics company and one of the world’s foremost providers of scientific, technical, and medical information. It was established in 1880 as a publishing company. Elsevier’s parent company is RELX plc, a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. The journal generates revenue through subscription fees and fees for open-access publishing.
Analysis / Bias
Plant Communications Journal is a hybrid (some open-access) journal that publishes information on the applied sciences. The journal primarily publishes research such as this: Genomic insights into the origin and evolution of spelt (Triticum spelta L.) as a valuable gene pool for modern wheat breeding.
Cell Press is an open-access/hybrid publisher of scientific journals. There are two types of Open Access Journals, legitimate and predatory, both of which charge the author for publication. Predatory journals often lack peer review and are generally considered not credible. The Plant Communications Journals is considered a legitimate, open-access publisher that is frequently indexed in PubMed. However, Cell Press has been criticized for retracting some studies.
Although Cell Press has retracted some studies in other publications, Plant Communications Journal publishes credible scientific studies that are factual and appropriately peer-reviewed.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Plant Communications Journal as a Pro-Science journal. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record. (D. Van Zandt 05/20/2024)
Source: https://www.cell.com/plant-communications/
Last Updated on May 20, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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