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. Please note that we do not accept self-reviews or the unwarranted promotion of friends or colleagues. 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
An abstract (Do not separate)
Keywords for your article
A manuscript of the article as a .docx file

Copyright Notice

I hold the copyright to this article or have been authorized by the copyright holder(s) to upload this article for distribution, and agree to permit this document to be published in the Journal of Medicinally Active Plants, an online, peer-reviewed, international journal for research related to medicinal and aromatic plants.

I further certify that this manuscript represents original research or a review of research related to medicinal and aromatic plants, and that this manuscript has not been previously published nor currently under review for publication by another journal.

I understand that submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by referees for comments and suitability for publication. Final decision of publication of a manuscript will he decided by the Board of Editors in cooperation with the Executive Editors of the Journal.

I, the undersigned, have permission of all authors to accept these conditions and my digital acceptance indicates I accept full responsibility for any errors in the manuscript or author disagreements.

I, the undersigned, transfer the copyright of the published paper to the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants.

Peer Review

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.

Licences

Journal of Medicinally Active Plants allows the following licences for submission:

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.
CC BY-ND 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. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-NC 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. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-NC-ND 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. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-SA 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. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Publication Fees

A non-refundable, submission fee is required before your manuscript will be accepted for review and sent to referees. The fee, $150 U.S., must be paid in full to the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP). Payments can be made on the ACMAP website: https://acmap.org/form-page/submit-a-manuscript/.

Note: ACMAP members who have submitted fewer than 2 (two) manusicripts this calendar year can skip this step.

Publication Cycle

The Journal of Medicinally Active Plants is publishes quarterly issues.

Sections

Section or article type	Public Submissions	Peer Reviewed	Indexed
Editorial
Article
Research Note
Review
Book Review
Meeting Abstracts