The Herbal Medicine Journal (HMJ) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scientific research in herbal medicine, phytotherapy, and plant-based therapeutic sciences. The journal is published quarterly by Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
HMJ provides a scientific platform for researchers, clinicians, and scholars in related fields to publish high-quality original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, short communications, and case reports focused on medicinal plants, pharmacognosy, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and natural product research.
The journal aims to promote evidence-based herbal medicine by bridging traditional knowledge systems with modern biomedical and pharmacological research. All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure scientific validity, methodological rigor, and ethical integrity.
As an open access journal, all published articles are freely available online immediately upon publication, ensuring global accessibility and visibility. The journal follows internationally recognized ethical standards, including the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
The Herbal Medicine Journal is currently indexed in Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), Index Copernicus, Google Scholar, ScienceOpen, and ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources), and is actively working to expand its presence in additional international indexing databases.