Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

ALGERIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS (E-ISSN: 2353-0391)  is an open access journal, free of charges, published two times a year by the Laboratory of Organic Materials (LOM), Faculty of Technology, University of Bejaia, ALGERIA. The journal is dedicated to research of all aspects of Plant and Natural Products. Authors can send their  views and comments to the Editor in chief:

Prof.Kamel BELHAMEL :ajnp@univ-bejaia.dz

The journal covers research studies related to Natural products including some of the allied subjects. Articles with timely interest and newer research concepts will be given more preference. All manuscripts are subjected to Single peer review process . The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence.  

Manuscripts that are found suitable for publication in ALGERIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS   are sent to two or more expert reviewers. During submission, the contributor is requested to provide names of two or three qualified reviewers who have had experience in the subject of the submitted manuscript. 

- Publishing triannually till 2017
- Publishing becomes biannually in 2018 

Manuscripts should be submitted via e-mail or via the  Open Journal Systems (OJS)

For manuscript preparation, see  Instructions for authors.  

The manuscript should be accompanied with a cover letter (in pdf format) signed by the corresponding author. 

 

 

Topics:

  • Chemistry of Bio-active compounds
  • Phytochemistry (Isolation, Structure elucidation, Spectroscopic properties)
  • Antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasite activities
  • Biopolymers, biocomposites
  • Electrochemical process using natural products
  • Separation process using natural products
  • Pharmacology, toxicology of plant and their active principles
  • Pharmaceutical formulations and evaluation of natural products
  • Environmental impact and risk assessment

The manuscript should be prepared in French or in English. "Arial" font should be used. The font size should be of 11pt. All research articles should have the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References.  

Please use the template of the journal  to write your manuscript ( click  here): AJNP-Template

 Title: 

The title should then followed by the author name and the institution name and address by indicating suitable superscripts. Title page should contain title of the paper in arial bold face (font size 14), names of the authors in italic face, (font size 10) followed by the address(es) in italic face lower case. An asterisk (*) must be placed after the corresponding authors name as superscript whose email id, fax, telephone number can be given. Corresponding author has the responsibility to ensure that all co-authors are aware and approve the contents of the submitted manuscript.

Abstract: 

This section should detail the problems, experimental approach, major findings and conclusion in one paragraph and should appear on the second page. Avoid abbreviation, diagram and references in the abstract. It should be single - spaced and should not exceed 150 words for full papers.

 Keywords: 

Author(s) must give about 4-6 key words which can identify the most important subjects covered by the paper. They must be placed at the end of the abstract.

 Introduction: 

The manuscript should include a brief introduction stating the purpose of the investigation and relating the manuscript to similar previous research. Only information essential to the arguments should be presented.

 Materials and Methods: 

This section must contain specific details about the materials studied, instruments used, specialized chemicals source and related experimental details which allows other research worker to reproduce the results. Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnote. Results and Discussions The results should be concisely presented. Results and discussion may be separate or combined based on the author’s requirement. Tables and figures should be designed to maximize the comprehension of the experimental data. The interpreted results should be explained clearly in discussions and should relate them to the existing knowledge in the field as clearly as possible. Tables, Graphs and figures (Illustrations) should be inserted in to the main text at respective place they should appear when published and should have appropriate numbers and titles with an explanatory heading. Labels of the table, graph and figures MUST be in the text form and should not form part of the image. Colour photographs and illustrations (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs etc) must be clean originals or digital files would be charged that may be intimated along with the acceptance letter. Those photographs must be clear and sharp. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction.

 References: 

References to the literature cited for the manuscript should be numbered in order of appearance in the manuscript and cited in the text with superscript numbers. The reference number should follow the following format.

For Journals Format : Author(s) of article (surname initials). Title of the manuscript. Journal title , volume number (Year of publication) page numbers. example:

Abderrahim A., Belhamel K., Jean-Claude Chalchat J-C., Figuérédo G., Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil from Artemisia arborescens L. Growing Wild in Algeria, Rec. Nat. Prod. 4:1 (2010) 87-90

 For Books Format:

Author AA, Author BB, Author CC. Title of Book. Ed, Vol, Publisher, City, year, page numbers

 Ethical Matters: 

Authors involving in the usage of experimental animals and human subjects in their research article should seek approval from the appropriate Ethical committee in accordance with "Principles of Laboratory Animal Care". The Method section of the manuscript should include a statement to prove that the investigation was approved and that informed consent was obtained.

 Revised manuscript submission:

When revision of a manuscript is requested, authors should return the revised version of their manuscript as soon as possible. Prompt action may ensure fast publication if a paper is finally accepted for publication.

 Final proofreading:

Authors will receive a pdf file with the edited version of their manuscript for final proofreading. This is the last opportunity to view an article before its publication on the journal web site. 

 Online First service:

Manuscripts accepted for publication are published on-line in so called Online First service as soon as they are ready for publication (that is when final proofreading is performed by authors, and all concerns are resolved). Once a manuscript appears on the Web site it is considered as published.

Copyright and an permissions :

Authors of articles published in ALGERIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work.

  • The Journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions.
  • The Journal allows the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions.

 

 

 

Section Policies

Editorial

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Review

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Short Communications

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The peer-review process is single blinded; that is, the reviewers know who the authors of the manuscript are, but the authors do not have access to the information of who the peer reviewers are.

Once a manuscript is submitted for publication, the manuscript is checked by the editor- in-chief   to ensure that it is suitable to go through the normal peer review process.  If the editor- in-chief   finds that the manuscript may not be of sufficient quality to go through the normal peer review process, or that the subject of the manuscript may not be appropriate for the journal’s scope, the manuscript shall be rejected with no further processing.

If the editor- in-chief finds that the submitted manuscript is of sufficient quality and falls within the scope of the journal, he should assign the manuscript to two or more  external reviewers, provided that no conflict of interests exists between these reviewers and the manuscript’s authors. The reviewers will then submit their reports on the manuscripts along with their recommendation of one of the following actions to the editor- in-chief:

  • Publish Unaltered
  • Consider after Minor Changes
  • Consider after Major Changes
  • Reject: Manuscript is flawed or not sufficiently novel

 

When all reviewers have submitted their reports, the editor in chief can make one of the following recommendations:

  • Accept Submission
  • Revisions Required
  • Resubmit for Review
  • Decline Submission

 

  1. If the Editor recommends “Accept Submission,” the manuscript will undergo a final check by the proofreader in order to ensure that the manuscript and its review process adhere to the journal’s guidelines and policies. Once this is done, the authors will be notified of the manuscript’s acceptance, and the manuscript will appear in the Articles in Press section of the journal’s website.
  2. If the Editor recommends “Revisions required,” the authors are notified to prepare and submit a final copy of their manuscript with the required minor changes suggested by the reviewers. The Editor reviews the revised manuscript after the minor changes have been made by the authors. Once the Editor is satisfied with the final manuscript, the manuscript can be accepted.
  3. If the Editor recommends “Resubmit for Review,” the authors are expected to revise their manuscript in accordance with that recommendation and to submit their revised manuscript in a timely manner. Once the revised manuscript is submitted, the original reviewers are asked to review it. Along with their review reports on the revised manuscript, the reviewers make a recommendation which can be “Publish Unaltered,” “Consider after Minor Changes,” “Consider after Major Changes,” or “Reject.” Then, the Editor can make an editorial recommendation which can be “Publish Unaltered,” “Consider after Minor Changes,” or “Reject.”
  4. If the Editor recommends rejecting the manuscript, the rejection is immediate. Also, if the majority of the reviewers recommend rejecting the manuscript, the rejection is immediate.

The Editor cannot assign himself as an external reviewer of the manuscript. This is to ensure a high-quality, fair, and unbiased peer-review process of every manuscript submitted to the journal, since any manuscript must be recommended by one or more (usually two or more) external reviewers along with the Editor in charge of the manuscript in order for it to be accepted for publication in the journal.

 

 

Publication Frequency

Vol 9, No 1 (2021)

Will be available from January 2021

Vol 9, No 2 (2021)

Will be available from July  2021

Publishing triannually till 2017
Publishing becomes biannually in 2018

 

 

 Note: For back issues please visit our old website : http://www.ajnp.webs.com

 

 

Open Access Policy

The journal «Algerian Journal of Natural Products» is an open access journal, which means all its 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 as long as they cite the source. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. 

 In submitting an article to Algerian Journal of Natural Products, authors certify that:

    • the article is original, has not been formally published in any other peer-reviewed journal, is not under consideration by any other journal and does not infringe any existing copyright or any other third party rights;
    • All authors, agree that the article, if editorially accepted for publication, shall be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. The Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), of which CC BY 4.0 is the most recent version, was developed to facilitate open access as defined in the founding documents of the movement, such as the 2003 Berlin Declaration. 

The Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 provides the following summary (where ‘you’ equals ‘the user’):

You are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. 

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms

 

Copyright :

  • The Journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions.
  • The Journal allows the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Important Notes on Plagiarism

 ALGERIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS treats plagiarism as a serious academic misconduct, and therefore reserves the right to reject manuscripts if plagiarism is detected before or during the review process and to retract manuscripts if plagiarism is detected after the paper is published. ALGERIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS also reserves the right to inform the authors' institutions of the matter.

Please be aware that all manuscripts will be submitted to the Turnitin software before processing.

 

Publication Fees

The journal doesn't have any submission or article processing charges (APCs) ( free of charges). 

 

Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Our ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publication decisions
The editor in chief is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published.
The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.


Fair play
The  editor in chief  at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality
The editor in chief  and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
 
Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Duties of Authors

Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Algerian Journal of Natural Products follows the high standards of peer review as set out in the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

All research articles and other article types are subjected to thorough peer-review, usually by at least 2 external peer-reviewers. After initial assessment by the journal Editors for suitability in the journal, the Editor in chief will invite appropriate independent reviewers with sufficient and specific area of expertise. The Editors decision is made based on these reviewer reports, which are made available to the authors upon decision. Where the Editor in chief  of the journal is an author in the submission, adequate steps are taken to ensure blinding the Editor in chief from the submission during peer-review.  

 

Repository policy

The journal allows authors to deposit all versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice without embargo.

 The different versions of the paper:

  • Submitted version
  • Accepted version (Author Accepted Manuscript)
  • Published version (Version of Record)