About Journal

About the Journal

The Crop Biotechnology Journal of Payame Noor University, based on the license from the Office of Policy and Research Affairs of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology since August 2011, holds scientific-research validity. This journal is published quarterly in Persian. The aim of this journal is to publish specialized articles related to fundamental, applied, and developmental research in agricultural biotechnology. The journal operates under an open access policy, undergoes double-blind peer review, and provides immediate free access to its content, publishing various articles on its homepage.

 Processing and Publication Fees

According to the directive of the 51st session of the Board of Trustees of Payame Noor University dated 24th January 2019, fees will be charged for the review, evaluation, and publication of articles in the journal.

  • Fee upon submission for review: 3,000,000 Iranian Rials, equivalent to 300,000 Tomans.
  • Fee for publication of accepted articles: 3,000,000 Iranian Rials, equivalent to 300,000 Tomans.

Copyright and Permissions

2023, by the author(s). Published by Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

The journal and the Payame Noor University holds the legal and intellectual rights related to the publication of the articles and the aforementioned rights are transfered to the journal and Payame Noor University by submitting the articles in the journal. In addition, the journal will be fully in charge of publication of the article in print, online, as a CD, in international indexes and domestic indexes. This right will be revoked only if the article is rejected or the author(s) withdraw from publication. For the more information regarding the matter, please check the commitment of compliance form.

Initial review and peer review fee is 300,000 Iranian rials, and the publication fee for articles is also 300,000 Iranian rials.

Copyright Law: All articles are open access and comply with CC BY 4.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Open Access Policy: This journal has open and online access to all published and in-print content. With the aim of providing free access to published articles for knowledge exchange on a wide scale.

Subscription Fee

Crop Biotechnolgy publishes as an open access electronic journal, so there is no subscription fee for audiences. 

 This journal is following of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws 


Contact address:

Journal website: cropbiotech.pnu.ac.ir

Journal email: cropbiotech@pnu.ac.ir
Editor's email: ebrahimi_mpni@yahoo.com
Telefax: 02122442058


Publisher: Payame Noor University

Publication period: Quarterly
Publication language: Farsi/ English (Abstract and References)
Review type: double-blind peer review with a minimum of two reviewers and one comparative reviewer
The cost of reviewing articles: Yes
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Journal website: https://clk.journals.pnu.ac.ir/