1. What makes an article top quality? 

Response: Area of study.

2. Do you think that journals determine research trends?

Response: YES.

3. What are the qualities you look for in an article?

Response: Convincing data.

4. Can you give us a broad indication of the types of themes a scientific journal should cover?

Response: Latest trends (eg. Proteomics).

5. What sorts of research methods and frameworks do you expect people to use, and how will they balance conceptual and applied research?

Response: Latest methods involving cell biology and molecular biology.

6. If you could be granted dream articles, what would they be on?

Response: Replication and proteomics.

7. Are there any particular areas which you would like to see, or expect to see, collaborate?

Response: Proteomics.

8. How can a publisher ensure the authors/readers a rigorous peer review and quality control?

Response: Give equal weight to all positive and negative reviews before accepting the paper for publication.

9. What do you see as the merits of journals, as opposed to book series, as a means of scholarly communications?

Response: Quality research articles.

10. How do you differentiate Journal of Plant Physiology & Pathology with other journals in the field?

Response: Quality of publications.