As the publisher of the Journal of Medicinal Plant Biotechnology, ISC fully accepts and adheres to the Open Access Statement. This journal is a completely open access periodical. This means that all articles will be available to all users after being accepted and printed (in the form of free and open access). The benefits of open access for authors include: - Copyright protection by the authors of the article; - Free and open access for all readers and users worldwide; - increasing the accessibility, visibility, observability and readability of articles; - Increasing citations to articles;