Description

All authors who send the manuscript should follow the journal’s submissions requirements. Submissions should be prepared in accordance with the Author's Guidelines, or the manuscript will be returned to the author if they are not in the correct format or cannot be downloaded reliably. Before sending to reviewers, the editor will remove the author's identity from the manuscript. Authors are invited to suggest at least the names of two experts on the manuscript topic as the additional option for reviewer. This does not imply that the paper will be reviewed by the suggested referees. The process of the article that will be published in PLANTA TROPIKA will undergo the double-blind peer review by the editors and reviewers by considering the substantial and technical aspects. Editors and reviewers provide constructive feedback on the evaluation results to the author. The Editorial board then either accepts or declines the manuscript and informs the corresponding author of the final decision. On the acceptance of the manuscript, the author(s) will usually be requested to perform some revision of the contents and wording after the review, and final acceptance may depend on the extent of revision. The acceptance of the manuscript will be cancelled when the manuscript is not returned within a month for any revision. When the manuscript is not returned for two months, the manuscript will be considered withdrawn. Publication is subject to successful completion of any follow-up requested by our English Editor.

We ensure that the reviewed manuscript is treated confidentially prior to being published, as explained in publication ethics.

Plagiarism screening of articles in this journal is carried out before review process by editor using Turnitin software.

Types of Decision

Declined submission
Following peer review, the paper is judged not to be acceptable for publication in PLANTA TROPIKA, and resubmission is not possible.

Decline criteria: out of scope PLANTA TROPIKA, similarity Index above 40%, and not fit template PLANTA TROPIKA.

Declined manuscripts, including original illustrations and photographs, will be returned to authors.

Resubmit for Review
The submitted version of the paper is unacceptable and requires major revision, but there is clear potential in the work, and PLANTA TROPIKA is prepared to consider a new version. Authors are offered the opportunity to resubmit their paper as a new submission. Concerns will remain regarding the suitability of the paper for publication until the authors convince the editors that their paper fits the scope and standards of PLANTA TROPIKA. The resubmitted manuscript will be returned to the original associate editor if at all possible.

Revision
The paper requires changes before a final decision can be made. Authors are asked to modify their manuscript in light of comments received from referees and editors and to submit a new version for consideration within 2 weeks of receiving the decision letter. A point-by-point explanation of how comments have been addressed must be supplied with the revised version of the paper. Revisions may undergo further peer review and papers may undergo more than one round of revision. If the authors do not revise their papers to the satisfaction of the editors, the paper can still be declined from publication in PLANTA TROPIKA.

Accepted submission
The paper is accepted for publication, subject to conditions that need to be addressed in producing a final version of the manuscript. These may include sub-editing changes and minor amendments to ensure the paper fully matches our criteria. The corresponding author will be asked to review a copyedited page proof. The corresponding author is responsible for all statements appearing in the galley proofs. The corresponding author will be informed of the estimated date of publication.

Galley Proof

Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for final checking. Corrections to the proofs must be restricted to printer’s errors; any other changes to the text, in equations or grammar, may be charged to the author. Proofs should be returned to the editors within three days of receipt to minimize the risk of the author’s contribution having to be held over to a later issue. The editors do not accept responsibility for the correctness of published content. It is the author’s responsibility to check the content at the proof stage.