The Journal of Medicinal Plants is published quarterly. This journal contains articles in the fields of basic and clinical sciences related to medicinal plants including pharmacognosy, basic and clinical pharmacology, basic and clinical toxicology, and pharmacology.
 
The abstracts of this journal are indexed in the following databases:
 
Elsevier’s Bibliographic Databases (Scopus, EMBASE, Compendex, Geobase), DOAJ (Open access), Chemical Abstracts (CA), Index Copernicus,  IMEMR, NAPRALERT, CABI, SID,  ISC and Magiran