About the Journal
Author fees
The BBJ does not charge any publication or editorial processing fee.Therefore, authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge for each article accepted for publication. It is Diamond Open Access.
Publisher Information
Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) / The Egyptian Society of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Peer Review
After the Biological and Biomedical Journal (BBJ) editor receives a manuscript, the first step is to confirm that the manuscript meets the journal’s rules for content and format, including similarity check (plagiarism) which should be less than 25%.
This journal uses a double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. Each paper will review by two reviewers.
New submissions
Submitted manuscripts are assigned to a handling Editor who is responsible for its evaluation. The Editor-in-Chief’s decision regarding publication is based on the reports of referees and the handling Editor’s recommendation, which will, at the Editor-in-Chief’s discretion, be transmitted to the authors.
Upon the first submission, this reviewing process takes about 4 to 6 weeks. After reading the peer reviewer's report, the editor will decide one of the following four options:
1- Reject the manuscript.
2- Accept the manuscript
3- Ask the authors to revise and resubmit the manuscript after responding to the peer reviewers’ feedback.
4- Ask for peer review from additional reviewers
Authors will be informed of the editorial decision, on average, within a month of submission of a Regular Paper. The status of your manuscript can be checked via email. The following information must be provided during the submission stage:
• Names, institutions, and email addresses of all the co-authors.
• Evidence of database submission
• Approval of citation of any personal communications.
General Guidelines for Reviewers:
Manuscripts submitted to BBJ journals are reviewed by at least two experts, who can be volunteer reviewers or reviewers suggested by the academic editor during the preliminary check. Reviewers are asked to evaluate the quality of the manuscript and to provide a recommendation to the editor on whether a manuscript should be accepted, requires revisions, or should be rejected.
Reviewers are invited to: accept or decline any invitations as soon as possible, suggest alternative reviewers if an invitation must be declined and request a deadline extension as soon as possible in case more time is required to provide a comprehensive report.
Potential Conflicts of Interest:
We ask reviewers to declare any potential conflicts of interest and email the journal Editorial Office if they are unsure if something constitutes a potential conflict of interest.
Reviewers should disclose any conflicts of interest that may be perceived as bias for or against the paper or authors.
Reviewers are also recommended to read the relevant descriptions in the Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Declaration of Confidentiality:
Until the article is published, reviewers should keep the content of the manuscript, including the Abstract, confidential. Reviewers should also be careful not to reveal their identity to the authors, either in their comments or in metadata for reports submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
Publication Scheduling
The BBJ publishes two issues in one volume per year.
