Editorial Policies

Editorial and Peer-Review Process

Journal of Biomedicine and Biochemistry (JBB)

Journal of Biomedicine and Biochemistry (JBB) is committed to ensuring a rigorous, transparent, and ethical editorial and peer-review process aligned with international standards, including COPE and ICMJE.

1 Initial Editorial Assessment

All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial screening by the editorial team to evaluate:

Relevance to the journal's aims and scope
Scientific soundness and originality
Compliance with author guidelines and ethical standards
Quality of English language and clarity of presentation

Manuscripts that do not meet the journal's minimum requirements — stylistically, linguistically, or ethically — may be returned to authors without entering the full peer-review process.

2 Assignment to Editorial Board Member

If deemed suitable for further consideration, the manuscript is assigned to an Editorial Board Member with subject-matter expertise. The assigned editor manages the peer-review process, selects qualified reviewers, and ensures the integrity, fairness, and confidentiality of the review.

3 Peer-Review Process

JBB follows a double-blind peer-review system. Reviewers may recommend acceptance, minor or major revisions, or rejection based on:

Scientific validity and methodological rigor
Significance and originality of results
Accuracy of data interpretation
Ethical compliance and reporting transparency
Appropriateness of citations and research context

Editors may invite additional reviewers when needed, or request further clarifications, analyses, or revisions.

4 Editorial Decisions

After the completion of the peer-review process, the Managing Editor provides a recommendation. The Editor-in-Chief retains full authority to make the final decision on acceptance, revision, or rejection. All decisions are made independently, free from conflicts of interest, and based solely on academic merit.

5 Author Responsibilities

By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that:

The work is original, has not been previously published (in whole or in part), and is not under consideration elsewhere.
The manuscript complies with JBB's ethical standards, including COPE guidelines.
All authors meet authorship criteria, approve the final manuscript version, and agree to its submission.
The corresponding author is authorized to communicate with the journal on behalf of all co-authors.
The manuscript adheres to the journal's stylistic, bibliographic, and language standards.
Any potential conflicts of interest are transparently declared.

6 Editorial Authority During Review

Editors may, at any stage of the process: