Policy Document

Policy Document

Original papers of Biological and Biotechnological interest are published in the International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology. The journal is a quarterly publication. In a year 4 issues of the journal in January, April, July and October would be published. The manuscript, written in English, should not exceed 16 pages in length and it should be typed in double spacing throughout on A-4 or American quarto paper. Extra pages will be charged @ Rs. 200 or $5 per page.

All pages should be numbered. Abbreviations should be defined the first time that they are used in the manuscript and a list of abbreviations used should also be provided.

Each page of Policy Document for journal must be duly sign and stamped by Head of Organization.
International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology (IJBB) is a quarterly Research Journal. It publishes four issues per year.

  • Authors are requested to send / upload manuscript that does not carry any author’s and his institution Information or any information that can reveal author’s identity.

  • The title page that carries details of authors and their institution, acknowledgment, details of conflict of interest, disclosures and details of contribution of each author must be submitted separately.

  • Author Agreement Statement must be submitted separately with manuscript and title page.

  • The author has to ensure that the research work, he/she is submitting for publication, is genuine and the same paper has neither been published nor has it been presented elsewhere for publication.

  • Manuscripts for publication should be typed in MS-Word format on A-4 size paper.

  • An abstract of 150 to 200 words should be a structured summary indicating the purpose, theoretical background, methodology, results and contribution of the study. It should not contain any citations. The summary should be clear and understandable to readers.

  • Properly ordered Bibliography in Turabian format should be provided.

  • Draft must be submitted to editor@ijbbku.net with a covering letter carrying the title of the article, all author’s full name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and any other information that the author wishes to send related to the paper.

  • Maximum five contributors will be allowed in one article, more names required justification.

  • Original drawings should preferably be submitted in a form ready for printing. Each illustration should bear a number. Tables should be clear, readable and appropriately labeled. Source of each figure/table should be given at the bottom if taken, borrow from internet, book or any other source.

  • All submitted manuscripts will be checked with anti-plagiarism software (Turnitin) before they are sent for blind peer review. Maximum 19% similarity is allowed as per the mandatory condition of the Higher Education Commission (HEC).

  • Every submitted manuscript will be reviewed by the Editor / editorial team in order to determine if the topic fits within the scope of the journal. After initial screening, all manuscripts received, will be sent/undergo double blind peer review process. The reviewer’s response will be shared with the corresponding author. In case of revision, the corresponding author will be given time to incorporate the revisions and resubmit the work.

  • The Editor / Editorial Board reserves rights to edit the draft and make necessary changes, defer for revision or reject the paper.

  • Research paper, once reviewed, cannot be withdrawn, provided the Editor / Editorial Board allows upon request of the author/s in some special cases.

  • Copyright for articles published in IJBB are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. IJBB is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work.

International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology (IJBB) is a Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Research Journal. All articles submitted to journal are sent to reviewers without the details of author and his institution.
International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology (IJBB) publishes only original research conducted by authors as mentioned in author guideline. The allow similarity index less than 19% as per policy of HEC Pakistan.
International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology (IJBB) can be subscribed for Print Copy by send an email to editor@ijbbku.com beside this the online copy the journal is freely available for open access at https://ijbbku.com. The annual subscription fee for four print copies is Rs 15000/= and $100 .

Ethical guidelines

Authorship
Authorship credit should be based on meeting the following criteria:
1. Substantial contribution to paper concept or design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data.
2. Drafting the article or reviewing and introducing fundamental changes in it.
3. Final approval of the version to be published.
All persons designated as authors and co-authors should meet these criteria. As co-authors of a paper there should be identified all persons who have made significant scientific contributions to the work reported, and who therefore share responsibility its content and results. Authors should also appropriately recognize the contributions of technical staff and data professionals. All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship (e.g., financial support) should be listed in the section “Acknowledgements” (financial disclosure). Editors retain the right to request information about the contributions of each person in writing the article. Authors should also be aware that the following phenomena are the examples of scientific misconduct and must be avoided: ghostwriting and guest writing authorship. A group of co-authors should jointly make the decision about the order in which their names are given. During manuscript submission, the submitting author must provide contact information (full name, email address, institutional affiliation and mailing address) for all of the co-authors. The author who submits the manuscript for publication accepts the responsibility of notifying all co-authors of the manuscript being submitted. Author must 2 submit Author Agreement statement duly signed by each author, which should be submitted together with the manuscript. All detected cases of scientific misconduct will be documented and the appropriate institutions and entities will be notified.

Sources of data and ideas
Authors are required to faithfully acknowledge and identify contributions of other persons to their reported work as well as clearly identify sources of both data and ideas. Authors should cite all publications that have been important in development of the submitted study and that will guide the reader to the earlier researchers that are essential for understanding the present analysis.
Authors are required to make reasonable and diligent efforts to find, and then accurately cite, original sources and publications. Authors should only present as reliable either personally verified or peer-reviewed sources of scientific data and literature.
Authors must not engage in plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Plagiarism is verbatim or nearverbatim copying, or paraphrasing without due modification, of text, data, or other material containing results of another person’s work, without explicit identification of the source of such material. Similarly, self-plagiarism is replicating of the author’s own previously published text or results without acknowledgement of the source. Exercising care for publishing only original research, editors of IJBB are committed to deterring plagiarism and self-plagiarism and may use special software to screen submitted manuscripts for similarity to previously published material. The manuscripts may be screened during the whole editorial cycle, including submission process and until the final publication in online or print form.

Duplicate publications
It is prohibited for an author to submit manuscripts describing essentially the same research to more than one journal of primary publication, unless it is a resubmission of a manuscript rejected for or withdrawn from publication. An author is required organize his or her paper so that it provides a well-rounded description of the examined issue. Fragmentation of research reports excessively consumes journal space and unduly complicates literature research; therefore, authors are expected to avoid it whenever possible.

Open Access Policy
IJBB provide immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Copyright for articles published in IJBB journals are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. IJBB is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author’s responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author. All articles published in IJBB can be deposited in public and institutional repositories such as research gate, university libraries, personal websites etc.

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Content license
IJBB applies the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License. License for scholarly work it publishes. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Authors of the research article are required to submit Author Agreement Statement that declares originality, not accepted for publication anywhere, consent of Authors for paper publication in the journal and nomination of corresponding authors. The statement of author agreement must be signed by all the authors of research paper
The authors can submit their research paper through out the year. There is no submission deadline.
IJBB is a double blind peer-reviewed journal. Submitted papers and short communication are evaluated by independent referees specialized in the article field. Our Reviewers evaluate submitted material’s scientific significance and novelty, define its accordance to general journal profile, scrutinizes its content for compliance with the journal’s publication ethics. After the refereeing process is complete, the paper may be rejected, returned to the author for revisions, or accepted for publication. The authors are responsible for the contents of their paper or short communication. Editors may request an author, when considered necessary, to elaborate on the content or technical details of the paper. Scientific editing might change format and correct the writing to render it compliant with editorial policy of the journal. Pictures and graphs are special subject to editorial consideration, as their quantity should be optimal and only necessary in the content of papers. Pictures, graphs and textual content alike are subject to ethical standards concerning authorship and integrity. Additionally, whenever images are included in accounts of research process or results, or in data collections, the author must provide an accurate description of how the images originated.
The acceptance and publication of article is based on decision of the Editor of the journal. The Editor takes decision in the light of review’s report received from reviewers.
The Journal releases four issues per year. The first issue release on 31st January, second on 30th April, third 31st July and fourth 31st October. The Journal takes at least one month/ 4 weeks to complete review process after the date of submission. The Journal publishes all research articles in the next issue which are being received in less than 4-week time before the release of current issue.
The Journal Charge Rs 15,000 and $100 for article publication fee. Fee will be deposited after acceptance letter.
Conflict of interest is a situation in which the process of research and publication may be corrupted or its results may be biased because of some other interests of its participants. It may concern any one or more of the participants of research and publication process – the author, the reviewer, or the editor. Conflicts of interest may occur for financial (e.g., employment opportunities, fees or other compensation arrangements, beneficial ownership of stock) or other reasons (e.g., personal relationships, pursuit of academic career, intellectual passion, political involvement etc.) that can reasonably be expected to influence motivations or results of actions of participants of the publication process. Conflicts of interest constitute a serious threat to the integrity and objectivity of both scientific research and publishing. Therefore, best practice for authors, reviewers and editors alike, is to avoid conflicts of interest situations whenever possible. All participants in publication process who are in the situation of a conflict of interest, must disclose this fact. Of special importance is that if the original research study reported in the manuscript or the preparation of the manuscript was supported by one or more grants, the title and number of the grant(s) and the name of the institution(s) that provided the grants or financial support to conduct, analyze or write-up the study, must be specified in the manuscript. Editors of IJBB may use information disclosed in conflict-of-interest and financial-support statements as a basis for editorial decisions. The corresponding author must either notify the editor at the time of submission that there is no conflict of interest to declare, or fairly and effectively communicate all conflicts of interest, which will then be acknowledged in the published article.
The Editor of the Journal sends an email to the authors of the article for revision/correction proposed by Editorial board member and reviewers after the initial screening and the final review, respectively.
Authors are required to submit details of contribution of each author in title page that is uploaded separately, and submit consent of each author in Author agreement statement.
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