About This Journal

Open Access Statement

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Aims and Scope

The Journal of Medicinally Active Plants considers a wide range of contribution for publication. The chief unifying criterion for acceptance of a piece is it pertinence to the study of medicinally active plants. Note that preference is given to submissions that are innovative, whether in scope or approach. Especially welcome are studies which are interdisciplinary in nature. Authors implicitly take responsibility for obtaining reproduction permission of non-original materials and must submit proof of such permission together with the final version of their manuscript. Reviews may also be submitted for publication and are considered a valuable asset to the community of medicinally active plants scholars. Lengthy articles as well as books may be reviewed and may take a variety of forms. Authors or publishers who would like to have a book reviewed may submit copies to an Executive Editor. If deemed of interest to the readers, the book will be reviewed and the review published.

Author Copyright

Authors hold full copyright in their work and retain publishing rights without restriction.

License

Articles are published under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0)

Peer Review

The objectives of this journal are to harness the advancements of emerging information technologies, and provide the worldwide community of medicinally active plant scientists, engineers, educators, and businesses with a powerful tool for communication. The Journal of Medicinally Active Plants will be issued online, quarterly, in open-access format. Research reports and review articles will be fully peer-reviewed and printed in English. The review process is anonymous. Authors will not know the identity of the reviewers. The editors will rely heavily on reviewer comments when making decisions regarding revision and publication of an article. Letters to the Editor will be examined by the Executive Editors to decide on publication and the Executive Editors reserve the right to edit these submissions for length and/or content. Announcements will be published at the discretion of the Editorial Board; the Editorial Board reserves the right to edit these submissions for length and/or content.

Preservation

Janeway database and volume instances are backed up daily, in three different locations to ensure integrity. In addition databases are also backed up daily by Janeway’s hosting provider. The Open Library of the Humanities maintains regular offsite backups of the Janeway Platform and all Content uploaded by users.