《植物細胞報告》發表了關于植物細胞科學、植物遺傳學和分子生物學各方面新進展的原創、同行評議的文章。選定發表的論文對明確確定的技術問題和/或生物學問題作出了重大的新進展。這些文章將被證明與具有廣泛科學背景的讀者感興趣的狹窄主題之外的相關。內容包括基因組學與遺傳學、代謝、細胞生物學、非生物與生物脅迫、植物病理學、基因轉移與表達、分子嫁接、系統生物學、納米生物技術、基因組編輯、物候學與合成生物學等。該雜志還發表意見論文，評論和重點文章的最新發展和最新進展的研究和技術在植物分子生物學和生物技術。

Plant Cell Reports publishes original, peer-reviewed articles on new advances in all aspects of plant cell science, plant genetics and molecular biology. Papers selected for publication contribute significant new advances to clearly identified technological problems and/or biological questions. The articles will prove relevant beyond the narrow topic of interest to a readership with broad scientific background. The coverage includes such topics as genomics and genetics, metabolism, cell biology, abiotic and biotic stress, phytopathology, gene transfer and expression, molecular pharming, systems biology, nanobiotechnology, genome editing, phenomics and synthetic biology.The journal also publishes opinion papers, review and focus articles on the latest developments and new advances in research and technology in plant molecular biology and biotechnology.