Planta Medica

Journal of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research

Aims and scope

Planta Medica is a leading international journal devoted to high-quality research on natural products of any origin, from defined single compounds to complex mixtures. The journal covers compounds derived from plants, microorganisms, fungi, marine and other organisms, as well as biotechnologically and synthetically engineered natural products. Read more

Thieme Award 2025 for the Most Innovative Planta Medica Original Paper

Ever since 2013, Thieme awards every year the most promising paper published in Planta Medica in the previous year with a monetary prize. The decision of the jury – the Editors of the journal – is strictly based on scientific quality and on the interest that the paper has met with in the scientific community.

This year's winners are:

Patricia Frei, Christian Nadegger, Angelika M. Vollmar, Thomas Müller, Simone Moser

for their paper

Structural Characterization, and Antioxidative and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Phylloxanthobilins in Tropaeolum majus, a Plant with Relevance in Phytomedicine (Planta Med 2024; 90: 641-650).

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Thieme and the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) share the APC

For the year 2026, i.e. from 1st January to 31st December 2026, Georg Thieme Verlag KG and the GA agree to share the APC charges for ten (10) articles, thus allowing 100% APC discount for ten GA members who cannot afford to pay the APC fees to publish their articles open access under CC-BY licence in Planta Medica. This waiver cannot be used by members whose institutions have an OA agreement with the publisher or if the project is covered under an agreement by a funder sponsoring OA (e.g. the Wellcome Trust) or if it is a project wholly funded by a commercial contract with a company. This 100% APC waiver will be applied on a first-come first-served basis.
 

Criteria
This research project was not wholly funded by industry.
A corresponding author has been a member of the GA for a minimum of 24 months.
The author's institution must not have an existing OA agreement with Thieme. 

When you submit your paper on our submission portal, you will be able to confirm if you meet the criteria and can apply for the waiver directly.

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