Editorial Policy

Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology is aimed to publish the most exciting researches in the subjects of Plant Pathology.

Material submitted to PJP must be original and not published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This rule applies to material submitted elsewhere while the PJP contribution is under consideration.

Journal does not require authors to assign copyright of their published original research papers to the journal. Authors publishing with PJP retain the copyright to their work allowing the articles to be re-used and re-distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. The responsibility to the contents and its authenticity rests solely with the authors and they will solely be responsible for originality of published work. Journal supports the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing.

Articles are published under a CC-BY license (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License). The CC-BY license allows for maximum dissemination and re-use of open access materials and is preferred by many research funding bodies. Under this license, users are free to share (copy, distribute and transmit) and remix (adapt) the contribution including for commercial purposes, providing they attribute the contribution in the manner specified by the author or licensor

Manuscripts submitted for publication in PJP are peer reviewed by at least two subject reviewers. A decision of the editorial board member on the choice of reviewers is final.

Journal shall be published twice in a year. However, being an Online Journal, it allows for the publication of articles of urgency and critical importance to the researchers. Such articles of 'Current Interest' and relevant editorials may be published more frequently as 'Supplements', on the basis of the needs felt by the editorial board or on the requests/ suggestions of the readers of PJP.

Journal shall not take any responsibility for the contents of articles published and all such responsibility shall lie with the author/s. The opinions expressed in the articles are solely of the author/s and PJP may not agree with such opinions in part or in full.