Aims and scope

Original studies from every branch of the natural sciences, medicine, and engineering are published by us. Journal of Basic Science (JBS)’s goal is to advance and spread basic understanding of molecular and cellular biology. In the field of natural science, which links and integrates molecular biology, bioinformatics, systems biology, biophysics, biochemistry, enzymology, physiology, and biotechnology, JBS publishes original articles, reviews, brief communications, methods, meta-analysis notes, letters to editor, and comments. Therefore, in order to demonstrate the various connections, JBS is open to extensive interdisciplinary exchanges in medical, pharmaceutical, biological, natural sciences, medicine, and engineering research.

Manuscript type

Peer review policy

The authors and reviewers are strangers in JBS’s double-blind peer review process. In order to maintain the secrecy of the evaluation process, authors should refrain from disclosing their identities to reviewers and vice versa. For example, in order for the reviewer to identify the author, the article should not contain any information such as self-revelation. Reviewers can quickly identify authors on the Internet, so authors should avoid posting their submitted works (or earliest versions) on personal or social websites. Because this information or knowledge goes against the double-blind peer-review procedure, authors should refrain from naming reviewers who have previously seen the article or a copy and offered their views.

Publication ethics

Statement on Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice:

It is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher.

Our ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publication decisions: The journal’s editor is in charge of selecting which of the submitted papers will be published. The journal’s editorial board’s regulations and any applicable laws pertaining to plagiarism, copyright violations, and libel may serve as the editor’s guidelines. When making this choice, the editor may consult with other editors or reviewers.

Fair play: Regardless of the writers’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political opinion, an editor will always assess manuscripts for their intellectual merit.

Confidentiality: The corresponding author, reviewers, prospective reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, if applicable, are the only people to whom the editor and any editorial staff may divulge information on a submitted manuscript.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest: Without the author’s clear written authorisation, an editor may not exploit unpublished materials revealed in a submitted work for their own research.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions Peer review helps the editor make editorial choices, and it may also help the author improve the manuscript through editorial correspondence.

Promptness: Any chosen referee who believes he is not qualified to assess the research presented in a manuscript or who is aware that he will not be able to review it promptly should inform the editor and withdraw from the review process.

Confidentiality: Manuscripts submitted for consideration must be handled with confidentiality. Only those who have been given permission by the editor may view or discuss them.

Standards of Objectivity: Reviews ought to be carried out impartially. It is improper to criticise the author personally. Referees should clearly state their opinions and provide evidence to back them up.

Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers ought to find pertinent published work that the authors haven’t included. Any claim that a certain observation, deduction, or argument has already been published should be supported by the appropriate citation. Any significant resemblance or overlap between the manuscript being reviewed and any other published work of which the reviewer is personally aware should also be brought to the editor’s attention.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Peer-reviewed ideas or privileged knowledge must be kept private and not exploited for selfish gain. Manuscripts with conflicts of interest arising from competing, cooperative, or other relationships or affiliations with any of the authors, businesses, or organisations associated with the papers should not be considered by reviewers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards: Reporters of original research should give a truthful description of the work done and an unbiased assessment of its importance. The paper should appropriately depict the underlying data. A manuscript should include enough information and citations to allow for replication by others. It is unprofessional and unethical to make false or intentionally misleading claims.

Data Access and Retention: For editorial review, authors should submit their manuscript’s raw data, which they must keep on file.

Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should make sure that all of their writing is completely unique and that any instances in which they have borrowed words or ideas from others have been properly referenced or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication: Generally speaking, an author should avoid publishing articles that effectively describe the same research in many journals or primary publications. It is inappropriate and unethical publishing practice to submit the same manuscript to many journals at the same time.

Acknowledgement of Sources: The work of others must always be properly acknowledged. Publications that have influenced the character of the presented work should be cited by the authors.

Authorship of the Paper: Only those who significantly contributed to the idea, planning, implementation, or interpretation of the presented work should be listed as authors. Co-authors should include everyone who has contributed significantly. Other people should be recognised or identified as contributors if they have contributed to any significant parts of the research endeavour. The corresponding author should make sure that the manuscript has all the right co-authors and none that aren’t, and that everyone has viewed the final draft and given their approval before it is submitted for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Any financial or other significant conflicts of interest that could be seen as influencing the findings or interpretation of the manuscript should be declared by all authors. Every source of funding for the project ought to be revealed.

Fundamental errors in published works: It is the responsibility of the author to promptly tell the journal editor or publisher of any substantial errors or inaccuracies in their published work and work with the editor to have the paper retracted or corrected.

Guiding Principles for Research Involving Animals and Human Beings

When publishing experiments on human subjects in the Journal of Basic Science (JBS), authors are required to state whether the methods used were compliant with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as amended in 2000, and the ethical guidelines of the relevant national and institutional committee on human experimentation (5). If there is any question as to whether the study was carried out in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must justify their methodology and show that the institutional review board specifically accepted the study’s dubious elements. Authors of animal experiments should state whether or not the national and institutional guidelines for the use and care of laboratory animals were adhered to.

High safety and ethical criteria should be followed when doing research with human subjects, including healthy volunteers, as detailed in publications submitted to the JBS Journal. We anticipate that every study will support the broad ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and comply with the requirements of the U.S. Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR, Part 46). Specifically, research ethics committees (IRBs) must examine and approve procedures involving human subjects studies before they may begin, and the participants or their legally appointed representatives must give written informed consent. The manuscript’s Methods section needs to support these two claims. Clinical trials have to be listed in a public database in English. The manuscript’s Methods section must include the clinical trial number and registry URL. Clinical trial-related manuscripts might not be submitted for peer review and won’t be published until registry data is received. A statement of protocol approval from an IACUC or equivalent must be included in the Methods section of the manuscript, and research involving animals must follow JBS’s Guiding Principles in the Care and Use of Vertebrate Animals in Research and Training (see below). The manuscript’s explanation of the animal techniques should be adequate to enable readers to assess the calibre of the data offered and, if necessary, repeat the experiments. An explanation of the measures taken to reduce pain and suffering, including the kinds and dosages of anaesthetics and post-operative analgesics used, must be included in studies involving surgeries or other painful procedures. Curarising agents are not anaesthetics; if they were, proof that an appropriate grade and duration of anaesthesia was utilised must be presented. To find out what matters for their study, authors might want to look at the guidelines from the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, Animals in Research: In Vivo Experiments, and the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (National Academy of Sciences), Guidance for the Description of Animal Research in Scientific Publications. The use of humans and animals in experiments submitted for publication is at the discretion of editors and associate editors, who will reject manuscripts that do not clearly demonstrate respect to these guidelines. Any disagreements will be decided by the Publications Committee.

JBS Guiding Principles for Vertebrate Animal Care and Use in Training and Research:

According to the Principles for the Utilisation and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training published by the U.S. Government, “Procedures involving animals should be designed and performed with due consideration of their relevance to human or animal health, the advancement of knowledge, or the good of society.” In order to give scientific, veterinary, and medical instruction that cannot be obtained through other means, the use of animals is also justified. The number of animals needed, the kind of animals utilised, and the suitability of the experimental protocols should all be taken into account by researchers. As mandated by the applicable regulatory bodies, operations involving animal subjects should be prospectively approved by an institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) or other comparable oversight authority. This study should also take into account if alternative experimental techniques, like in vitro research or computer modelling, could take the place of using animals in a particular protocol. Only legally obtained animals may be utilised for teaching and research. Federal, state, and municipal laws and regulations must always be followed when purchasing, transporting, caring for, and using animals. The Animal Welfare Act, the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, or other rules set forth by funding organisations may apply to animal research in the US. Institutions are required by the PHS Policy to create and carry out an institutional animal care and use program using the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. In order to reduce pain and suffering, analgesics and other methods should be employed, unless doing so will jeopardise the objectives of the experiment. All surgical operations require the use of appropriate anaesthetics to eliminate pain sensitivity. Anaesthetics are not drugs that cause paralysis of the muscles. Only when an animal is anaesthetised may they be employed alone for surgical restraint. Humane endpoints should be determined and an authorised euthanasia technique specified in the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Guidelines on Euthanasia should be employed if the study necessitates the death of an animal. Only in cases where euthanasia would jeopardise scientific results and an IACUC or other oversight authority has authorised the exception is death permitted as the study’s endpoint. The housing, diet, and general care of animals used in research and teaching must be suitable for the species and state of the animals. Additionally, they ought to receive the proper veterinary care. Employees who handle or operate on animals must be trained for these duties. Students or trainees must be closely supervised by an experienced educator, researcher, or veterinarian when using animals for learning purposes or to further scientific research.

Corrections Retractions and Matters Arising

Corrections & Retractions

Corrections, retractions, and other post-publication modifications, such as Editor’s Notes and Editorial Expressions of Concern, will be published in JBS journal.

Corrections and post-publication updates to peer-reviewed primary research and review-type papers, as well as specific types of non-peer-reviewed article types, fall into the following categories. Similar to changes made to the main article, significant errors in Extended Data and Supplementary Information are fixed. All of the following categories—aside from Editor’s Notes—are indexed and include bi-directional links to the original article.

Every article in the JBS journal has a Crossmark button on both the HTML and online PDF versions. An industry-standard tool called Crossmark enables readers to rapidly verify that the version of the item they are reading is current. Readers can access the article’s Crossmark record, which includes information on all official revisions and corrections, by clicking the Crossmark icon.

Author Correction: If an author makes a significant mistake that compromises the published article’s scientific integrity, the publishing record, or the authors’ or journal’s reputation, the correction may be published.

Author Name Change: Please refer to our Author Name Change policy if you are an author who has changed your name and would like to update it on your published works.The author’s name has changed. For papers published before the change, an author who has changed their name for reasons like gender transition or religious conversion may ask that their name, pronouns, and other pertinent biographical details be changed. The author has two options: either they make a formal public Author repair or they choose to make this repair covertly, in which case there won’t be a notice indicating the change in the paper’s HTML or PDF.

Correction from the Publisher: A A publisher correction can be released to fix a significant error or errors that the journal committed that compromise the published article’s scientific integrity, the publishing record, or the authors’ or journal’s reputation.

Addendum: After an article has been published, an addendum is typically released when important new information that is essential to the reader’s comprehension of the piece has emerged.

Editor’s note: A notification informing readers that the journal has opened an investigation in response to concerns expressed over a published article is known as an Editor’s Note. This modification is limited to the HTML version of the published article’s record and is only available online. There is no index for it.

Editorial Expression of Concern: A statement from the editors warning readers of significant issues compromising the integrity of the published work is known as an editorial expression of concern. EEoCs are bidirectionally connected to the published work and are published online. They are listed in prestigious academic databases like PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus and are assigned a DOI.

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) advises publishing an Editor’s Note, or EEoC, to inform readers during a possibly drawn-out investigation into research integrity. Once the investigation is over, the Editor’s Notes and EEoCs are usually replaced by the publication of another alteration, like a correction or retraction.

Retraction: When mistakes in the conduct, analysis, and/or reporting of the study seriously compromise the integrity of the published work, an article may be retracted. A study may also be retracted for violating publishing or research ethics. The retraction statement is bidirectionally connected to the original published study, and although the original publication is designated as retracted, readers can still access a PDF version of it. Assent or dissent from the authors is usually included in retraction announcements.

The original article (in PDF and HTML) is usually corrected when an article is corrected, and it is bi-directionally linked to and from the published amendment notice that describes the initial error. For the purpose of transparency, the amendment notice will replicate the original data if modifications are made to the original article that impact data in figures, tables, or text (for instance, when data points or error bars are altered or curves need to be redrew). The original article will remain unaltered but will include bi-directional links to and from the published amendment notice if it is not practicable to fix it in both the HTML and PDF versions (for instance, articles published several years before the error is raised).

Removal of published content: JBS has the right to delete any book, chapter, article, or other content from its online platforms under extraordinary circumstances. A court or government order has been issued, or is likely to be issued, requiring the removal of such content; (i) JBS has been informed that the content is unlawful, defamatory, or violates a third party’s intellectual property rights, right to privacy, or other legal rights; or (ii) the content, if acted upon, would pose an immediate and serious risk to health. Removal might be either permanent or temporary. A note outlining the reasons for the content removal will be included with the bibliographic metadata (such as the title and authors), which will be kept.

In order to further scientific conversation, JBS Portfolio journals acknowledge the value of post-publication feedback on published findings. Following peer review, formal post-publication discussion on published papers may be published online as Matters Arising, typically accompanied by a Reply from the original JBS journal authors. This commentary may include challenges, clarifications, or, in certain situations, replication of the published work.

Addressing post-publication issues: We are dedicated to upholding the integrity of the scientific record and carefully look into any issues that authors and readers bring to our attention. There is always a chance for authors to address the issues brought up. During an inquiry, we could ask for original, unedited data and speak with specialists. The following consequences could occur, depending on how bad the problems are:

1. The manuscript may be rejected and sent back to the author if it is still being considered.

2. Depending on the JBS and the seriousness of the problems, whether the item has already been posted online:

i. There may be an Addendum or revision published.

ii. After the inquiry is over, a second notification is usually sent out, which may include an editor’s note or editorial expression of concern.

iii. The article might be taken down.

iv. If we find potentially major problems, we may notify the author’s institution.

Since our main objective is to maintain the integrity of the public record rather than to punish specific persons, we will not use these remarks to assign blame to any of the listed individuals, even while we strive for clear information to readers. We might direct readers to institutional investigative reports if they are accessible to the general public. Investigations usually take some time to resolve due to the complexity of the debates, the necessity to gather original data, and the need to engage with specialists, even though we are dedicated to addressing post-publication issues and rectifying the record as soon as possible. To notify our readers of any issues with published material, we will post Editor’s Notes and/or Editorial Expressions of Concern.

Consent Policy

Informed Consent Policy: Without informed consent, no participant’s right to privacy in research involving human subjects should be infringed. Unless the material is necessary for scientific objectives and the participants (or parent or guardian) provide written informed consent for publishing, identifying information like as names, initials, etc., should not be included in written descriptions, photos, or pedigrees. In this case, obtaining informed permission necessitates showing the article to an identifiable participant and obtaining their consent before to publishing. If any potentially identifiable information is available online or in print after publication, authors should let these patients know. As required by local laws or regulations, the consent of participants should be documented and kept on file with the Journal, the authors, or both.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses supplied on this journal website will only be used for the reasons specified by this journal; they will not be shared with any other parties or used for any other purpose.

Advertising policy

Advertising policy

The following guidelines govern JBS’s acceptance of sponsorship and advertising for its website and associated email services (email alerts):

• Content and advertising are two different things. Sponsors and advertisers are not well-versed in our editorial content, and editors are not well-versed in advertisements. No content is ever added, changed, or removed to make room for advertisements. Sponsors and advertisers have no say in our advertising practices or editorial choices. Before it is published, the advertising sales representatives are not in charge of or aware of any particular editorial material.
• Any advertisement may be rejected or cancelled at any moment by JBS.
• According to the MMS, advertising must be truthful and tasteful. Please be aware that readers may visit a website other than JBS to view more information if they click on an advertisement banner or other link. These websites might also request more information from users. Such sites are not under the control or participation of JBS.
• No Massachusetts Medical Society or JBS publication name, logo, or title may appear in third-party advertisements on JBS or in the email notifications.
• Products that are advertised must adhere to the laws of the nation in which they are displayed. Advertising and promotion rules set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must be followed by advertisements for pharmaceutical goods (including new drug applications) that are under FDA supervision.
• On the website and via email alerts, users will be able to easily discern between editorial and advertising content.
• JBS does not support any of the businesses, goods, or services that are featured in its advertisements.
• Sponsors and advertisers have no say or control over what users may look for on JBS Journal’s Watch. Our search software’s capabilities (such as keywords or natural language) and user-defined criteria (such as showing the most recent or pertinent things first) are the only factors that determine the search results.
• This page will be updated to reflect changes to our Internet advertising policy.

Special Issue Proposal

A crucial component of JBS is Special Issues. Their subjects are sharper and have a lot of ongoing material that enters the field that our publication covers. Experts who are well-known in the field must organise them, and only the best papers should be collected. Proposals for Special Issues are always welcome.

Proposed tasks of the lead Guest Editor:

1. Writing a call for papers (if theme issue open for all submissions within the scope of the Special Issue) to be published online. 2. Conducting timely, controlled peer reviewing process for submitted manuscripts by 2 neutrals reviewers for each manuscript. 3. Sending the final revised version of the accepted manuscripts (formatted according to Author’s Instructions) to the editorial board. 4. Writing an editorial to be published in your Special Issue.

Kindly Send your proposal Check List:

1. Suggested title for the Special Issue ; 2. Proposed Aims and Scope; 3. Names, affiliations and e-mails of the proposed Special Issue Guest Editorial Team; 4. Proposed timeline (Start and end dates of submission, reviewing and revision of manuscripts; 5. A draft of the call for papers (if theme issue open for all submissions within the scope of the Special Issue.

to the Editorial Office at: [email protected]