About the Journal
The Revista Productos Naturales (RPN) (ISSN 1916-2413) is an open-access electronic journal dedicated to the specialized dissemination of scientific research. It publishes fundamental and applied research articles with significant contributions to the science, technology, and industry of natural products of plant, animal, or microbial origin, including both terrestrial and marine organisms.
RPN is completely free for authors and readers. There are no submission, processing, publication, or access fees. The journal is managed through Open Journal Systems and hosted on Nozomi Science, a nonprofit academic portal dedicated to supporting open-access scholarly communication and the preservation of scientific knowledge.
Aims and Scope
The Revista Productos Naturales aims to publish high-quality research articles, reviews, and short communications in the broad field of natural products. The journal covers the discovery, characterization, synthesis, biological evaluation, and applications of specialized metabolites, as well as interdisciplinary studies related to them.
The journal welcomes contributions in areas including, but not limited to:
- Phytochemistry
- Pharmacognosy
- Ethnopharmacology
- Natural products chemistry
- Natural products biotechnology
- Biological activities of natural products
The journal seeks to strengthen the connection between academic research and technological or industrial development based on biodiversity. This includes suppliers of biological raw materials, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutraceutical, and agricultural industries, as well as designers of equipment and technologies for biodiversity-based industries.
Major thematic categories related to specialized metabolites
Contributions may fall into the following major areas:
a) Analytical methods, bioassays, quality control and assurance
b) Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, and ethnoveterinary studies
c) Chemotaxonomy
d) Phytochemistry, pharmacognosy, and medicinal chemistry
e) Ecological chemistry and allelopathy
f) Pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutraceutical, and agrochemical products based on biodiversity
g) Biosynthesis, biotechnology, and molecular biology
h) Chemistry and biochemistry combined with biological, sensory, nutritional, and toxicological evaluations
i) Physical and chemical changes induced by processing or storage
j) Safety and toxicology
k) Metabolomics
When new compounds are reported, manuscripts that also include biological evaluation are preferred.
Manuscript Submission
The Revista Productos Naturales invites authors to submit their manuscripts at any time through our online system. After peer review and acceptance, articles are published in the current issue. The journal routinely screens submissions for plagiarism using tools such as iThenticate.
Peer Review Policy
- Editorial Review
All manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment to ensure relevance, quality, and compliance with journal guidelines. - Peer Review
Manuscripts that pass the editorial review are subjected to a rigorous peer-review process conducted by experts. - Anonymous Peer Review
The journal employs a single-blind peer-review system in which the identities of reviewers and authors remain confidential. - Double-Blind Peer Review
In some cases, a double-blind process is used to reinforce impartiality and academic integrity.
Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose any financial, personal, or institutional relationships that could influence their work. This includes employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid testimony, patents, and external funding.
Human and Animal Rights
Research involving human subjects must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki and be approved by an appropriate ethics committee. For studies involving animals, authors must follow institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals and obtain the corresponding ethical approval.
Informed Consent
Authors must ensure that informed consent was obtained from all human participants, including permission to publish identifiable information or images. Privacy and confidentiality must be respected at all times.
