- From the Chief Editor’s Desk  
 

ON THE CELEBRATION OF 25 YEARS’ OF  
PROMOTING PLANT TAXONOMY RESEARCH 

 

I am delighted to say few words on the occasion of publishing Silver Jubilee Volume of the 
Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy (BJPT). The first volume of the BJPT was published 
by the Bangladesh Association of Plant Taxonomists (BAPT) in June 1994. The present 25th 
volume of the BJPT not only shows the regularity in publication, but also BJPT’s important 
contributions to plant taxonomy and biodiversity research in Bangladesh and beyond. 

Since the publication of the first volume, the BJPT has gained its reputation and present status 
with very good pace. The BJPT first appeared on the BanglaJOL (Bangladesh Journals Online: 
https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJPT) platform hosted by the International Network for the 
Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), UK in 2008, which boosted its global linkages in 
an unprecedented manner. The Journal started receiving the Journal Citation Report’s Impact 
Factor from 2010. It is now being indexed by numerous scholarly agencies and has been attracting 
numerous foreign authors to publish their important works in it. 

The BJPT is now truly an open access journal complying international standards and norms. Its 
articles are now being published under the ‘Creative Commons CC BY License’. 

In February 2018, the BJPT received ‘Two Stars’ (of a possible three), according to the ‘Journal 
Publishing Practices and Standards’ (JPPS: https://www.journalquality.info/en/) managed by the 
African Journals Online and the INASP, demonstrating its high publishing practices. It is to note 
that, globally, out of 406 journals hosted on five JOLs (including BanglaJOL), only 43 have 
received Two Stars; none has received Three Stars yet. The BJPT is one of seven BanglaJOL-
hosted journals out of total 142 journals. 

These outstanding achievements were only possible due to the able leadership from the Editors of 
BJPT. Professor Md. Salar Khan was the first Chief Editor of the BJPT who continued till his 
demise in 2002 [Volumes 1−9(1)]. After him, Professor A.K.M. Nurul Islam led the Journal as the 
Chief Editor till his death in July 2006 [Volumes 9(2)−13(1)]. Professor A.B.M. Enayet Hossain 
was the Chief Editor of the BJPT for Volumes 13(2)−14. He was succeeded by Professor Md. 
Abul Hassan [Volumes 15−24] who has so far been the longest serving Chief Editor of the BJPT 
from 2008 to 2017. I assumed the position of Chief Editor of BJPT in 2018, starting with editing 
the Silver Jubilee Volume. 

The current reputation of the BJPT is due to the collective efforts of all its Chief Editors, esteemed 
members of the Editorial Board, and the Executive Editors − Dr. Haseeb Md. Irfanullah [Volumes 
13(2)−16 & 22], Professor Dr. M. Oliur Rahman (Volumes 17−21), Dr. Md. Khairul Alam 
(Volumes 23 & 24), and Professor Dr. Mohammad Harun-ur-Rashid (from Volume 25). It was 
impossible for the Journal to achieve its present reputation without the unconditional, voluntary 
support from its reviewers and the last but not the least – its authors from Bangladesh and abroad. 
I earnestly appreciate their relentless support and contributions. 

At the time of celebrating 25 years’ of publication of Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, I 
sincerely hope that the Journal will continue its endeavour of promoting research in plant 
taxonomy around the world. 
 

Professor Dr. M. Oliur Rahman 
Chief Editor 
Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy