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Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development
Volume 28, January-December 2026, is published as an annual, continuously available online volume by the Professional Association for Cactus Development.
The Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal published exclusively through a digital editorial and production system. The journal does not maintain a permanent physical editorial office. Editorial management, manuscript submission, peer review, production, publication, and official correspondence are conducted electronically through the journal’s online platform.
Official title: Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development
Standard abbreviation: J. Prof. Assoc. Cactus Dev.
Electronic ISSN: 1938-6648
Print ISSN: 1938-663X
Publication frequency: One annual volume, published on a continuous basis.
Official website: www.jpacd.org
Publisher
The journal is edited and published by the Professional Association for Cactus Development.
The institutional affiliations and postal addresses of members of the Editorial Board are provided solely for identification, academic transparency, and correspondence purposes. Such affiliations and addresses do not constitute physical offices, headquarters, legal domiciles, or official representations of the journal.
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Bernardo Murillo-Amador
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development
The Editor-in-Chief is affiliated as researcher with the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. This institutional affiliation is provided for academic identification and correspondence purposes only and does not imply that the institution is the publisher, owner, headquarters, or legal representative of the journal.
Official editorial correspondence should be submitted electronically through the contact information provided on the journal website.
Editorial responsibility
The views, interpretations, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in articles published by the journal are solely those of their respective authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Professional Association for Cactus Development, the Editor-in-Chief, the Editorial Board, the reviewers, or the institutions with which they are affiliated.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, ethical compliance, and legal use of all text, data, images, tables, figures, references, and supplementary materials included in their publications.
Copyright and licensing
Copyright and licensing conditions for published articles are governed by the journal’s current copyright notice and open-access license. Authors and readers should consult the copyright and licensing information displayed on the journal website and on each published article.
Any permitted reuse, reproduction, distribution, adaptation, or republication must comply with the applicable license and must provide appropriate attribution to the authors and the original source.
Manuscript submission
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the journal’s Open Journal Systems platform and must comply with the current Author Guidelines, editorial policies, ethical requirements, and submission checklist.
The submission, peer-review, and editorial decision processes are conducted exclusively through the journal’s electronic platform. Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee acceptance or publication.
Website and platform
The journal website and electronic submission platform constitute the official channels for journal information, manuscript processing, editorial correspondence, announcements, policies, and publication.
Privacy Statement
The Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development (JPACD) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other registered users of its website and editorial platform.
The names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers, postal addresses, telephone numbers, usernames, and other personal information entered on this journal website will be collected and used exclusively for purposes related to the operation of the journal. These purposes may include user registration, manuscript submission, peer review, editorial assessment, production, publication, indexing, dissemination, preservation, and official communication.
Personal information will be accessible only to editors, authorized editorial personnel, technical administrators, and service providers when access is necessary to perform their assigned functions. Information will not be sold, rented, or used for unrelated commercial or promotional purposes.
Certain bibliographic information associated with published articles, including authors’ names, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers, and correspondence details, may be made publicly available as part of the scholarly record. Relevant metadata may also be transmitted to indexing, abstracting, DOI registration, digital preservation, research-identification, and publishing services used by the journal.
The journal takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse. Nevertheless, no electronic system or Internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Personal information will be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to maintain the integrity of the editorial process, preserve the scholarly record, comply with ethical and legal obligations, resolve disputes, and document editorial decisions. Some information associated with submitted or published manuscripts may therefore be retained permanently as part of the journal’s editorial and publication records.
Registered users may access and update certain information through their user profiles. Requests concerning access, correction, restriction, or deletion of personal information may be submitted to the journal through the contact details provided on this website. Requests for deletion may be limited when retention is necessary to preserve the integrity of the peer-review process, publication record, or legal and ethical documentation.
By registering on the website, submitting a manuscript, accepting a review assignment, or participating in the journal’s editorial processes, users acknowledge that their personal information will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
Questions or concerns regarding privacy and personal data processing should be directed to the journal’s Principal Contact.
Last updated: July 2026.
