Journal of Medicinal Plants and By-products-JMPB

Journal of Medicinal Plants and By-products-JMPB is published by Iranian Medicinal Plants Society and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, together about 42.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Medicinal Plants and By-Products (JMPB) is committed to publishing rigorously peer-reviewed, high-quality, original results and authoritative reviews of both fundamental and applied research in the area of all facets of pure and applied studies on medicinal plants, excluding those of a purely agricultural or horticultural nature, aiming at providing a unique platform to promote disciplinary developments and academic exchange. Collaborating with global researchers in related fields, from academia, industries and governments to share new research is another purpose of the "JMPB" journal. In addition, this journal can cooperate and collaborate with the non-government sectors in order to produce effective medicinal plants by providing scientific and accurate information. The scope and objectives of the J. Med. Plants By-Prod. encompasses, are always being updated, but is not restricted to the following aspects of with medicinal plants and their by-Products: Botany (Identification, Chemosystematics, Biosystematics,...) Identification Biosystematics Chemosystematics Phytochemistry Analytical Chemistry Chemical composition Chemical synthesis Toxicology Agriculture Cultivation Plant breeding Genetics New Technologie Biotechnology Nanotechnology By-products and processing Bio products Non-wood forest products Extraction methodology Drying Others Biosynthesis/ biochemistry Microbiological activity Biological activity Economics, marketing and export,… Monitoring and assessment Field testing Financial planning New medicinals analysis and prediction Non-destructive testing (Harmless testing) Supervisory Control and Data Assimilation (SCADA) Reliability and risk management Specifications The J. Med. Plants By-Prod. is an essential reference in which recent research and other information is shared and accessible by investigators within international community that work or have an interest in herbs, spices and medicinal plants. Papers considered for publication must contain a clear and well-defined scientific component and make a significant contribution to the identification of medicinal plants and their products. The Journal of Medicinal Plants and By-Products (JMPB) policy is to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field. In addition, manuscripts will undergo a rigorous peer review b

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PLANT SCIENCES

Editor-in-chief Mohammad-Bagher RezaeePublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Iran 10, Türkiye 2, Mainland China 1, India 1, Italy 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

0.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

1.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

1.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.33LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

90LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher)

16Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 15 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

39%Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

141 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 15 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

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Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Iranian Medicinal Plants Society

Country or region

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Language

English

ISSN

2322-1399

Electronic ISSN

2588-3739

Latest issue on the website

Volume 16, Issue 1 (2027)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ