“Trends in Phytochemical Research (TPR)”, an international, free of charge, open access and quarterly journal supported by the Islamic Azad University of Shahrood, is being regularly published since March 2017. This journal has received an official approval from the 103rd session of Journals Evaluation Committee of Islamic Azad University of Islamic Azad University Central Organization on 10 October 2016. As an "Open Access" journal, all the published review, original research articles, short communications, guest editorial papers in “Trends in Phytochemical Research (TPR)” journal are available free of charge for all researchers all over the world to be downloaded and used for scientific purposes, citation and getting enough information. This journal permits the authors and researchers to use its contents according to the Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) international user license. Accordingly, neither modifications nor commercial uses are permitted when using its contents. In fact, TPR supports "Open Access" and all of its accepted manuscripts are required to attach a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.
The general headlines of Trends in Phytochemical Research (TPR) are as follows.
Phytochemistry
Essential Oils: Classical and Advanced Techniques for Isolation of the Essential Oils Antibacterial, Antimicrobial Evaluations, etc.
Extracts
Phytochemical evaluations
Natural Compounds Chemistry: Isolation, Purification, Characterization, etc.
Pharmacognosy
Flavor, Perfumes and Cosmetics
Pharmaceutical Formulations and Herbal Drugs: Design and Characterizations
Ethnobotanical Uses of Medicinal Plants
Analytical Assessments of Bioactive Compounds Using:
Separation: Chromatography (GC, HPLC, Headspace…); Extraction (SPE, SPME, …)
Chemometrics and Statistical Approches: Cluster Analysis, PLS, Multivariate Calibration, Factor Analysis, ….
Spectroscopy: Atomic (AAS, AFS, AES…) and molecular (FTIR, MASS,…)
Hyphenated Techniques: GC-MS, ….
Food Science
Food Chemistry: Analysis, Sensory Evaluation,…
Quality control
Biotransformation
Considering the statistics of TPR in 2019, the acceptance rate the submitted articles was about 49%. The average time between submission and final decision is six to eight weeks and the average time between acceptance and publication is about one month
The common types of the articles being accepted and falling within the scope of this journal are as follows:
- Original research articles
- Review or many review papers
- Guest editorial papers
- Short communication papers
