Submissions
This page is designed to help you ensure your submission is ready for and fits the scope of the journal.
Before submitting you should read over the guidelines here, then register an account (or login if you have an existing account)
About
The Journal of Medicinally Active Plants is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, on-line professional journal sponsored by the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants. The Journal publishes scientific manuscripts related to the analysis, application, bioactivity, collection, conservation, cultivation, growth, harvest, identification , physiology, processing, and other issues related to medicinally active plant material. Investigators working with these plant materials are invited to submit articles for publication.
Focus 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 heir 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.
Submission Checklist
Before you begin, please be sure you have the following items:
- Manuscript Title
- List of authors with their affiliations and emails
- An abstract (Do not separate)
- Keywords for your article
- A manuscript of the article as a .docx file
Copyright Notice
Authors hold full copyright to their work and retain publishing rights without restriction.
Rights for Authors
As further described in our submission agreement (the Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, copyright is retained by authors, who grant right of first publication to JMAP. This is subject to the expansive personal--use exceptions described below.
Attribution and Usage Policies
Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium, requires appropriate attribution (e.g., JMAP © ).
Personal-use Exceptions
The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:
- Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
- Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
- Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series); and
- Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.
People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.
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. The final decision is made by the Editors. 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.
Licences
The following licences are allowed:
- CC BY 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Publication Fees
The Journal of Medicinally Active Plants (JMAP) charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) of $300 for each accepted manuscript. However, members of the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants are eligible for a waiver of the APC for one accepted article per membership year. Any additional accepted submissions within the same year will be subject to the standard APC.
JMAP is committed to ensuring that publication costs do not become a barrier for authors. Waivers or discounts may be granted on a case-by-case basis.
Publication Cycle
The Journal of Medicinally Active Plants is publishes quarterly issues.
Sections
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