FOCUS and SCOPE
The International Journal of Advances in Medical Biotechnology is a journal in the field of Medical Sciences and Biotechnology, focusing on the publication of technical and scientific articles on research and technologies in areas such as biopolymers, biomaterials, medicinal chemistry, drug delivery, health, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, metals in medicine, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine.
Hypotheses – Almost all scientific articles benefit from the inclusion of a statement of hypotheses. These statements should be concise, assertive, and describe the main hypothesis(es) that the studies on which the manuscript is based aim to confirm or refute. Including a hypothesis statement facilitates comparison of the hypothesis with the most relevant prior literature and highlights what the authors consider distinctive about the current hypothesis (novelty). It also allows the authors to describe why they consider it important to test the hypothesis (significance).
THEMATIC AREAS
- Bioengineering and Biomanufacturing
- Biomaterials
- Delivery Systems
- Diagnostics, Sensors, and Medical Devices
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
AUDIENCE
University and industry researchers; users and manufacturers in the fields of medicinal chemistry, medical supplies, and medical equipment.
Open Access Policy
Free to submit and read; open-access policy, based on the principle of making research available to the public free of charge. Our journal seeks to empower and contribute to a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Ethics Policy
Publication on ethics and publication of the statement of impartiality
This quality is ensured by ethical principles and publication standards. We uphold the expected standards of ethical conduct for all parties involved in the publication of our journal: the editor, the reviewer, and the author. We do not tolerate plagiarism or any other unethical conduct.
Frequency
We publish on a rolling basis.
Archiving
This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries, allowing them to create permanent, versioned archives for preservation and restoration.
Editor's Responsibilities:
- Publication Decision: The journal’s editor is responsible for deciding which articles should be published. The editor follows the journal’s editorial guidelines and is subject to applicable legal requirements, ranging from copyright issues to the implementation of standards.
Anti-Plagiarism Policy
- The editor may consult the editorial board or the review team when making decisions. All submitted manuscripts undergo a detailed analysis using the Turnitin originality checker (https://www.turnitin.com.br/), one of the most widely recognized platforms globally for detecting potential cases of plagiarism. Turnitin compares submitted texts against a vast database that includes scientific articles, academic publications, internet content, and previous works, ensuring the identification of any unauthorized textual matches.
- Fair Play: The editor must evaluate manuscripts based on their content, regardless of the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic background, nationality, or philosophy.
- Confidentiality: No editor or staff member shall disclose information about a manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editors, and the editor, as appropriate.
- Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: The editor must not use unpublished information in his or her own publications without the author’s express written consent. The editor must refrain from submitting manuscripts in which he or she has a conflict of interest—whether competitive, collaborative, or of any other nature—related to any of the authors, companies, or entities (possibly) associated with the articles.
- Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations: The editor must take reasonable steps to respond when there are significant ethical complaints regarding a submitted manuscript or a published article.
Responsibilities of the evaluator:
Contribution to editorial decision-making: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communication with the author, can also help the author improve the article.
Timeliness: Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to evaluate the research described in a manuscript or who knows that an immediate review will be impossible must notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.
Confidentiality: Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. It must not be shared or discussed with third parties.
Review Criteria: Reviewers must conduct a clear and impartial review of the manuscript and must express their opinions with supporting comments.
Source acknowledgment: Reviewers should identify relevant works that have not been cited by the authors. The reviewer should also draw the editor's attention to any similarity or substantial overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published article of which he or she is personally aware.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Insider information or own ideas through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts that deal with conflicts of interest regarding the indication of competitors, collaborators or other approvers or derivatives with any of the authors, companies or institutions linked to the articles.
Author Responsibilities:
Reporting Standards: Authors of original research reports must provide an accurate account of the work performed, as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data must be accurately represented on paper. An article must contain enough detail and references to allow others to reproduce the work. Fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate statements, unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Originality and plagiarism: Authors must certify that they have written original works and, if the authors have used the work and/or words of third parties, it has been properly cited or cited. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: In general, an author should not publish manuscripts that essentially describe the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time and/or publishing the same article in different journals constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Source Acknowledgment: Due acknowledgment of the work of others should always be given. Authors should cite publications that have an influence on determining the nature of the work reported. Information provided in private, such as in a conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, should not be used or reported without the source's express written permission. Information provided in the course of confidential services, such as arbitration manuscripts or grant applications, should not be used without the express written permission of the author of the work related to the services.
Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made important contributions to be owed as co-authors. Where there are other people who have participated in certain significant aspects of the research project, they should be recognized or classified as contributors. The corresponding author must ensure that all co-authors are included and no co-authors are included in the article and that all co-authors have viewed and approved the final version of the article and agreed to its submission for publication.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that could be interpreted to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.
Fundamental Errors in Published Works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the obligation of the author to immediately notify the editor of the IJAMB and to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the article.
We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprinting or other commercial income does not affect or influence editorial decisions.
Authors who have published an article or requested it may only submit new work after 12 months have passed since the publication of a previous work, except when invited by the Editorial Board to write reviews, editorials or specific comments. Likewise, if the submitted work is rejected, a new article may only be submitted after 12 months have passed since the rejection of the work.
Peer Review Process
Manuscripts received by The International Journal of Advances in Medical Biotechnology are submitted through the peer review process. The editorial board chooses external reviewers, experts in the area discussed in the manuscript, being responsible for the blind evaluation. These opinions are sent to the authors for possible review, according to suggestions and corrections. Manuscripts will be sent for publication only after final evaluation by external experts and approval by the journal's editorial board.
The evaluation process of articles submitted to The International Journal of Advances in Medical Biotechnology involves two sequential steps: document review and evaluation by external reviewers. In desk review, editors gather and analyze, without identifying the authors, the articles received to assess their relevance to the scope of the journal and their potential to significantly contribute to knowledge.
When necessary, editors also involve a member of the scientific committee in this process. This evaluation takes place monthly at the editors' meeting and the authors are informed about the opinion of the desk review stage.
Accepted articles are forwarded to two reviewers from the journal’s editorial board for evaluation through a double-blind peer review process, based on their availability and area of expertise. The reviewers are professors and researchers affiliated with domestic or international academic institutions.
Articles are evaluated based on the relevance of the topic studied to environmental management and sustainability; the writing and formatting of the text; the logical sequence of the theoretical review with the use of appropriate references; the appropriateness of the methodological procedures; the depth and consistency of the analyses; as well as the presentation of the conclusions and the relevance of the contributions.
Upon completion of the review process, authors will be immediately informed of the editorial decision (REVISIONS REQUIRED, REJECTED, OR ACCEPTED).
After the requested revisions have been made and verified by the reviewers and editors, the articles will undergo proofreading for spelling, grammar, and compliance with the journal’s guidelines, as well as final editing of the document.
The completion of this process does not imply immediate publication of the article; it is up to the editors, in accordance with editorial policies, to prepare the guidelines and decide on the appropriate time for publication.
Fees for Submission and Publication of Articles
The International Journal of Advances in Medical Biotechnology (JAMB) does not charge fees for published articles or for those selected for review, publication, distribution, or download. All IJAMB articles are published with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
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