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Manuscripts are sent to the journal Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca using exclusively the electronic platform. Submissions of manuscripts or correspondence by e-mails are not accepted.
Before sending the manuscript to Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, it is mandatory that the authors verify the following first conditions:
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the imposed items (Submission Preparation Checklist), and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
To make a submission, the authors are invited to use:
The author assigned as the corresponding has the responsibility to ensure that all data in the manuscript, including the ethic and scientific conduct of the research, metadata information, the authors and their affiliations, and the individual contributions to the study and the Acknowledgements section are accurate and complete. The corresponding author or the author who makes the submission has the obligation to ensure that the manuscript and all metadata are correct.
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Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca journal provides open and immediate access to its content with the aim of supporting a greater global exchange of knowledge and making research available to the public without cost. After the acceptance of an article, the authors maintain the rights over their contribution and authorize the journal (Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca) and publisher (University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca), in a non-exclusive way, to correct, edit, publish and distribute the manuscript, as well as store it in different repositories and other online digital platforms.
Manuscripts submitted for publication must be original. They must not contain even parts, fragments of text or images from other sources. The permission to reproduce any published data is mandatory for all material that either does not fall into the public domain or for which copyright permission does not belong to the author(s) of the submitted paper. Consequently, it is essential for authors to understand that they cannot publish materials from other publications without permission. As a result, if any, before submitting the paper for publication, the author(s) are strongly encouraged to already own all required permissions. If in any doubt about the copyright, apply for permission, respectively request the reproducing permission from the copyright holder.
For the published materials, CC BY-NC 4.0 license prohibits commercial use and allows the generation of derivative works provided that the original source is cited. In addition, the distribution of the material is encouraged by SHST with the condition that the authors and the source (Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca) are mentioned.
All publishing procedures, represented by the submission of manuscripts, peer review and editorial processes are facilitated through the online editorial system provided by OJS (https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/). This includes also the correspondence systems among editor-in-chief, editors and sections editors, reviewers, and authors, as well as the complete set of email notifications.
The submitted manuscripts are subject to a rigorous peer-review process, in which each paper is refereed by at least two international reviewers, who are experts in the scientific topic of the paper.
In the peer-review process, the reviewers are invited to analyse in particular the relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability and language of the manuscript. The possible decisions include:
The ultimate responsibility for editorial decisions lies with the assigned editor and the editor-in-chief. The appeals of the authors should be directed to the editor-in-chief, who may decide to seek advice from the assigned editors and reviewers.
Except for the value and scientific significance, the manuscript acceptance is conditioned by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism, but also the compliance with ethical norms and the rigours of scientific research.
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