@article{SESTRAS_2020, title={Introduction pages}, volume={48}, url={https://www.notulaebotanicae.ro/index.php/nbha/article/view/12198}, DOI={10.15835/nbha48412198}, abstractNote={<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.notulaebotanicae.ro/index.php/nbha">Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca</a> (NBHA): The papers published in Issue 4, Volume 48, 2020 represent new exciting researches in different topics of life science, respectively in plant science, horticulture, agronomy and crop science. Among the interesting articles we invite you to find news about: Exploring <em>Artemisia annua</em> L., artemisinin and its derivatives, from traditional Chinese wonder medicinal science; A critical review on the improvement of drought stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.); Plantation forestry in Malaysia: an evaluation of its successes and failures since the 1970; Transcriptome analysis to identify genes involved in lignan, sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis in medicinal plant <em>Kadsura heteroclite</em>; Molecular cloning and characterization of a lipoxygenase gene (<em>CsLOX1</em>) from cucumber; Genetic relationship of mungbean and blackgram genotypes based on agronomic and photosynthetic performance and SRAP markers; Callogenesis optimization of some globe artichoke [<em>Cynara cardunculus</em> var. <em>scolymus</em> (L.) Fiori] cultivars based on <em>in vivo</em> and <em>in vitro</em> leaf explants; Chemical composition and antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Tunisian, France and Austrian <em>Laurus nobilis</em> (Lauraceae) essential oils etc. The new Impact Factor communicated by ISI <a href="https://mjl.clarivate.com/home">Clarivate</a>, June 29, 2020, is IF 2019 = 1.168 (position 149 of 234 journals, Q3 in Plant Sciences). New metrics in Scopus – Elsevier (June 22, 2020): CiteScore 1.40 (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/17700156420?origin=sbrowse">#43/84 in Horticulture</a>); SJR 0.35 - Q2, #41/90 in Horticulture <a href="https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=17700156420&tip=sid&clean=0&fbclid=IwAR3lIvEKryGEONMaG_Fya1IsjTDOaDUPxXOTcLJgmjNC5IpJdOnmR_G6bs4">(SJR Scimago Journal)</a>.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca}, author={SESTRAS, Radu E.}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={I-X} }