- Open access · CC BY 4.0
- Published by Open Access Pub
- Publishing since 2017
About International Journal of Biochemistry Advances
International Journal of Biochemistry Advances (IJBA) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of biochemistry, from molecular mechanism to application. It has been published by Open Access Pub since 2017.
The chemistry of living systems
IJBA serves biochemists, chemical biologists, structural and analytical scientists, plant and nutrition scientists, and clinical researchers who need sound evidence on how biological molecules work and how that knowledge can be applied.
IJBA publishes research on the chemistry of living systems, including enzymology, protein and nucleic-acid chemistry, metabolism, structural and analytical biochemistry, and their applications in health, agriculture and biotechnology. Studies using cells, organisms, plants or patient-derived material are considered when the central contribution is biochemical.
The journal aims to publish methodologically sound work that explains how biomolecules function and interact, to share the methods and data on which that work depends, and to make the results freely available to everyone who can use them.
Contributions are welcome from the disciplines that meet in biochemistry, including chemistry, molecular and cell biology, biophysics, computational science, plant science, nutrition and clinical science. The Aims and Scope page describes the research areas and eligibility in full.
Article types
- Original Research
- Review Article
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Methods and Protocols
- Short Communication
- Technical Note
- Data Note
- Perspective
- Letter
Preparation guidance for each type is given in the Instructions for Authors.
The journal at a glance
Reference information on the journal's identity, ownership, rights, review, fees and preservation.
- Full title
- International Journal of Biochemistry Advances
- Short title IJBA.
- Publisher and owner
- Open Access Pub
- The journal is owned and published by Open Access Pub. openaccesspub.org
- Publication history
- Since 2017
- The first article was published on December 5, 2017. Articles are published online as they are ready.
- Access and license
- Open access · CC BY 4.0
- Every article is free to read, download and share, with no subscription or registration. Authors retain copyright.
- Peer review
- Single-blind by default
- Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
- Article processing charge
- USD 1,200
- Payable only after acceptance; withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal's withdrawal policy.
- Research integrity
- Crossref Similarity Check
- Submitted manuscripts are screened with Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate.
- Preservation
- Portico
- IJBA content is committed to Portico digital preservation.
The journal's editors oversee its editorial direction and its decisions, supported by an international Editorial Board of biochemists who handle manuscripts within their expertise and advise on the journal's scope and policies.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. They are independent of the article processing charge, of any fee-relief inquiry and of membership. Manuscripts authored by an editor or a member of the Editorial Board are handled by an editor with no conflict of interest, and the author takes no part in their review or decision.
Peer review
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts. The full process is set out in the Editorial Policies.
Open access, preservation and discovery
Free to read and reuse
IJBA is an open-access journal. All articles are freely available on openaccesspub.org from the day of publication, without subscription or registration.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), which permits anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, adapt and reuse the work for any lawful purpose, provided the authors and the original publication are credited. Authors retain copyright in their work and may deposit any version of their article in institutional or subject repositories without embargo.
A lasting scholarly record
IJBA content is committed to Portico, a not-for-profit digital-preservation archive, so that the published record remains available for the long term. Read our preservation policy.
The full text of each article is available on openaccesspub.org in HTML, PDF and XML.
Editorial office
Questions about the journal, its policies or a manuscript can be sent to the editorial office of IJBA at Open Access Pub.
- info@openaccesspub.org
- Publisher
- Open Access Pub, openaccesspub.org
- For authors
- Instructions for Authors and Article Processing Charges