Author Guidelines

Scope

Before submitting, please read our Aims and Scope to make sure your work fits IAJLB's focus on life sciences and biotechnology. We publish Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Case Reports and Short Communications.

Authorship

Authorship follows the ICMJE criteria. Each author must have made a substantial contribution to the conception, design, analysis or interpretation of the work; drafted or critically revised it; approved the final version; and agreed to be accountable for all of it.

Preparing Your Manuscript

Write in clear, grammatically correct English
Prepare the manuscript for double-blind review, with author names and affiliations in a separate file from the main text
Give an ORCID iD for the corresponding author, and for other authors where possible
Use the standard structure: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and References
Italicise scientific names and gene symbols as convention requires, and identify strains, cell lines, plasmids and antibodies precisely, with RRIDs or catalogue numbers where available

Required Statements

Every submission must include:

A Conflict of Interest (Competing Interests) statement
A Data Availability Statement
A Funding statement disclosing all sources of support
Ethics approval, biosafety clearance and informed consent statements, where people, animals or genetically modified organisms were involved
An AI Use Declaration naming any generative AI tool used

Reporting Guidelines

Describe experimental design, controls, replicates and statistical methods in enough detail for others to reproduce the work. We recommend ARRIVE for animal studies, MIQE for qPCR and the relevant MIAME/MINSEQE standards for omics data.

Originality

All manuscripts are checked with iThenticate before peer review, under the Plagiarism Policy.

Peer Review

Submissions receive double-blind review from at least two independent reviewers. First decisions usually arrive within 12–14 weeks.

Copyright and Licensing

Accepted articles are published under CC BY 4.0. You keep your copyright, and there is no copyright transfer agreement to sign.

Article Processing Charges

An Article Processing Charge applies on acceptance, based on the corresponding author's country income level and the article type, with full waivers available where eligible. See Article Processing Charges.