Some time ago I have mused where to submit my next manuscript. Yesterday I have decided in favor of the journal Natural Products and Bioprospecting (and luckily my co-authors did not oppose).

I have been a bit skeptical at first (also after reading the Instructions for Authors at that time, but that is another story – let bygones be bygone…). Because of my doubts I have contacted several members of the Editorial Board that I know. All of them have spoken highly of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Jikai Liu, as well as the project in general. I also contacted Prof. Liu himself, and he was able to ease my mind.

I think it is great that this journal offers an OA and CC-BY publication model to the natural product research community free-of-charge. I really do appreciate this initiative and think that the Editor-in-Chief has done a great work in realizing this idea.

Now the Natural Product Research community has to be made aware of this journal, so that it gets more widely known!