publishes original scientific papers and brief communications, reviews on specialized topics, book reviews and announcements and reports covering wide range of photosynthesis research or research including photosynthetic parameters of both experimental and theoretical nature and dealing with physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, molecular biology on one side and leaf optics, stress physiology and ecology of photosynthesis on the other side.

The language of journal is English (British or American). Papers should not be published or under consideration for publication elsewhere.

  • ISSN: 0300-3604 (print version - until 2019)
  • eISSN: 1573-9058 (electronic version)

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  • Journal Impact Factor: 3.189 (2020)
  • Ranking within categories: Plant Sciences – 68/235 (Q2)
  • Article Influence Score: 0.558 (2020)
  • Ranking within categories: Plant Sciences – 83/235 (Q2)

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The journal was established in 1967.

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Journal Impact Factor contributing items in 2018 and 2017

Chlorophyll a fluorescence induction: Can just a one-second measurement be used to quantify abiotic stress responses? Review
STIRBET, A.; LAZAR, D.; KROMDIJK, J.; GOVINDJEE
Photosynthetica 56: 86-104, 2018 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-018-0770-3
Accession number: WOS:000430309200008
Number of citations: 38

Prompt chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool for crop phenotyping: an example of barley landraces exposed to various abiotic stress factors
KALAJI, H. M.; SAMBORSKA, I. A.; CETNER, M. D.; RASTOGI, A.; ZIVCAK, M. et al.
Photosynthetica 56: 953-961, 2018 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-018-0766-z
Accession number: WOS:000433035800020
Number of citations: 17

Energy dissipation and antioxidant enzyme system protect photosystem II of sweet sorghum under drought stress
GUO, Y. Y.; TIAN, S. S.; LIU, S. S.; WANG, W. Q.; SUI, N.
Photosynthetica 56: 861-872, 2018 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-017-0741-0
Accession number: WOS:000433035800011
Number of citations: 12

Relationship between photosynthetic pigments and chlorophyll fluorescence in soybean under varying phosphorus nutrition at ambient and elevated CO2
SINGH, S. K.; REDDY, V. R.; FLEISHER, D. H.; TIMLIN, D. J.
Photosynthetica 55: 421-433, 2017 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-016-0657-0
Accession number: WOS:000399249800003
Number of citations: 10

Impact of light-emitting diode irradiation on photosynthesis, phytochemical composition and mineral element content of lettuce cv. Grizzly
AMOOZGAR, A.; MOHAMMADI, A.; SABZALIAN, M. R.
Photosynthetica 55: 85-95, 2017 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-016-0216-8
Accession number: WOS:000394441500010
Number of citations: 10

Transcriptome profiling of genes involved in photosynthesis in Elaeagnus angustifolia L. under salt stress
LIN, J.; LI, J. P.; YUAN, F.; YANG, Z.; WANG, B. S. et al.
Photosynthetica 56: 998-1009, 2018 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-018-0824-6
Accession number: WOS:000444149800003
Number of citations: 10

Zinc oxide nanoparticle-mediated changes in photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant system of tomato plants
FAIZAN, M.; FARAZ, A.; YUSUF, M.; KHAN, S. T.; HAYAT, S.
Photosynthetica 56: 678-686, 2018 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-017-0717-0
Accession number: WOS:000431262000023
Number of citations: 9

Top 4 from CrossRef (all years) popular DOIs

Below are the top 4 successfully resolved DOIs for January 2021. This list represents the most popular DOIs, as measured by the number of times each DOI was successfully resolved in last 12 months.

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Imaging of the Blue, Green, and Red Fluorescence Emission of Plants: An Overview
C. BUSCHMANN, G. LANGSDORF, H.K. LICHTENTHALER
Photosynthetica 38: 483-491, 2000 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1012440903014

Photosynthesis under stressful environments: An overview
M. ASHRAF, P. J. C. HARRIS
Photosynthetica 51: 163-190, 2013 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-013-0021-6

Influence of irradiance, dissolved oxygen concentration, and temperature on the growth of Chlorella sorokiniana
C. U. UGWU, H. AOYAGI, H. UCHIYAMA
Photosynthetica 45: 309-311, 2007 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-007-0052-y

Phycobilisome isolation and C-phycocyanin purification from the cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon gracile
R. PIRON, T. BUSTAMANTE, A. BARRIGA, N. LAGOS
Photosynthetica 57: 491-499, 2019 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.064

Top 4 DOIs from the Special Issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser

Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters as indicators of a particular abiotic stress in rice
P. FASEELA, A.K. SINISHA, M. BRESTIČ, J.T. PUTHUR
Photosynthetica 58(SI): 293-300, 2020 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.147
Number of citations: 15

Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Revisiting JIP-test: An educative review on concepts, assumptions, approximations, definitions and terminology
M. TSIMILLI-MICHAEL
Photosynthetica 58(SI): 275-292, 2020 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.150
Number of citations: 7

Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – JIP-test as a tool to identify salinity tolerance in sweet sorghum genotypes
A. RASTOGI, M. KOVAR, X. HE, M. ZIVCAK, S. KATARIA, H.M. KALAJI, M. SKALICKY, U.F. IBRAHIMOVA, S. HUSSAIN, S. MBARKI, M. BRESTIC
Photosynthetica 58(SI): 518-528, 2020 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.169
Number of citations: 4

Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Comparative analysis of drought stress response of maize genotypes using chlorophyll fluorescence measurements and leaf relative water content
A. BADR, W. BRÜGGEMANN
Photosynthetica 58(SI): 638-645, 2020 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2020.014
Number of citations: 4

TOP 10 DOIs from Downloads (ps.ueb.cas.cz)

1. Effects of salt stress on basic processes of photosynthesis. A review
P. SUDHIR and S.D.S. MURTHY
Photosynthetica 42 (4): 481-486, 2004 | DOI: 10.1007/S11099-005-0001-6

2. Universal chlorophyll equations for estimating chlorophylls a, b, c, and d and total chlorophylls in natural assemblages of photosynthetic organisms using acetone, methanol, or ethanol solvents.
R.J. RITCHIE
Photosynthetica 46 (1): 115-126, 2008 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-008-0019-7

3. Photosynthesis under stressful environments: An overview
M. ASHRAF and P.J.C. HARRIS
Photosynthetica 51 (2): 163-190, 2013 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-013-0021-6

4. Uniconazole confers chilling stress tolerance in soybean (Glycine max L.) by modulating photosynthesis, photoinhibition, and activating oxygen metabolism system
J.J. ZHAO, N.F. FENG, X.X. WANG, G.R. CAI, M.Y. CAO, D.F. ZHENG, and H.D. ZHU
Photosynthetica 57 (2): 446-457, 2019 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.059

5. Morphological and physiological acclimation of Catalpa bungei plantlets to different light conditions
C. J.W. WU, Y. SU, J.H.WANG, Q. HE, Q. QIU, J.W. MA, and J.Y. LI
Photosynthetica 56 (2): 537-548, 2018 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-017-0706-3

6. Influence of foliar-applied triacontanol on growth, gas exchange characteristics, and chlorophyll fluorescence at different growth stages in wheat under saline conditions
S. PERVEEN, M. SHAHBAZ, and M. ASHRAF
Photosynthetica 51 (4): 541-551, 2013 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-013-0054-x

7. Photoinhibition and continuous growth of the wild-type and a high-light tolerant strain of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
O. VIRTANEN, D. VALEV, O. KRUSE, L. WOBBE, and E. TYYSTJÄRVI
Photosynthetica 57 (2): 617-626, 2019 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.056

8. Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool in cereal crop research
O.H. SAYED
Photosynthetica 41 (3): 321-330, 2003 | DOI: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000015454.36367.e2

9. Effects of exogenous glucose and sucrose on photosynthesis in triticale seedlings under salt stress
L.H. WANG, G.L. LI, S. WEI, L. J. LI, S.Y. ZUO, X. LIU, W.R. GU, and J. LI
Photosynthetica 57 (1): 286-294, 2019 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.030

10. Photosynthetic response of cabbage in cadmium-spiked soil
R. BĄCZEK-KWINTA, K. JUZOŃ, M. BOREK, and J. ANTONKIEWICZ
Photosynthetica 57 (3): 731-739, 2019 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.070