CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS - Volume 13 Number 2

09-06-2025

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS

The Journal of Biomedical Investigation (JBI) seeks to promote interdisciplinary research across all Biomedical Sciences. Journal of Biomedical Investigation welcomes submissions of the following types of manuscript: Original articles, Reviews and short communications in the field of clinical laboratory and experimental medicine.

With immense pleasure, we wish to inform you that Journal of Biomedical Investigation shall be publishing her next issue (Volume 13 number 2) scheduled for July/August 2025; and invites scholars, researchers and all those who are interested in publishing their studies with us. We invite papers from all subjects of Health Sciences and related fields. All submissions should reach the Editors by 30th  July 2025.

Aims and Scope

Journal of Biomedical Investigation is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, triannual, online and print journal published by the Biomedical Research Association of Nigeria (BRAN). The journal publishes high quality articles in all fields of biomedical sciences ranging from basic research to clinical and experimental studies, which contributes to medical knowledge. The aim of journal is to publish quality articles that contributes to science, human health and medical education. The journal categorizes articles into Original research works, Reviews (Systematic reviews/Meta-analysis), short communications, Case reports and Letter to the Editor. Preference is accorded to manuscripts that is well articulated and presented complying to the format of the updated JBI Authors’ Guidelines.

AUTHORS’ GUIDELINES

A. Submission Guidelines

Submission of a manuscript to JBI implies that the work described has never been published before, is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, and has received the implicit or explicit approval of all co-authors and responsible authorities at the institute where the work was conducted. Should there be any demands for compensation, the publisher shall not be liable.

Before Submission: The authors should take time to go through the following guidelines before submission of their manuscript to the journal. Manuscripts that are not prepared in compliance with the Journal’s guidelines will be rejected.

Language: Only original papers written in English will be considered for publication. Authors are advice to use inclusive language. Language that is inclusive recognizes diversity, demonstrates respect for everyone, is cognizant of individual differences, and advances equal opportunity. Nothing in the content should indicate that one person is superior to another on the basis of age, gender, color, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, handicap, or physical or mental condition. It should also make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any reader.

Frequency: three times a year (March/April, July/August, November/December)

Permissions: For both the print and online formats, authors must seek permission from the copyright owner(s) in order to use any figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere. They must also submit documentation of this permission when submitting their articles. Without such proof, it will be considered that any material received originate from the author(s).

Plagiarism Policy: The Journal of Biomedical Investigation maintain a strict policy against plagiarism and does not accept for consideration manuscripts with high similarity index. Authors should screen their manuscript for plagiarism by specialized similarity detection software before submission. Only manuscripts with similarity index less than 25% will be considered for peer review.

Open Access Policy: This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Open Access authors retain the copyrights of their papers.

Copyright. It is a condition of publication that authors vest copyright of their articles, including abstracts, in The Biomedical Research Association of Nigeria. This ensures full copyright protection and dissemination of the article, and the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats, as appropriate. Authors may use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from the Publisher, provided that acknowledgment is given to the journal as the original source of publication. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Copyright is owned by Biomedical Research Association of Nigeria.

Privacy Statement: The names and e-mail addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. 

B. Types of paper

Submitted manuscripts will be subject to peer review and should take one of the following forms:

  1. Original Article: Should report original primary research that contributes to the body of knowledge in medical, dental, public health, pharmaceutical or medical education with evidence of ethical approval from appropriate institutional and/or national research ethics committee, including the reference number.
  2. Review articles: Systematic reviews/Meta-analysis should provide a scrupulous summary of all available primary research to address a specific research question or issue relevant clinical practice. The PRISMA 2020 statement of reporting for systematic reviews and meta-analyses should be followed.
  3. Short Communication: Are brief articles presenting significant findings for quick dissemination. Should be limited to 1500 words and not subdivided. The paper should contain an abstract, main body, not more than three tables or figures and references.
  4. Case Reports: Case reports should present unique novel reports on rare observations, cases or conditions that are clinically relevant and significant. The text should include introduction, case presentation, and discussion.
  5. Letters to the Editor: A letter to the Editor should be objective and constructive, containing opinions on topics/articles recently published in the journal and should be of academic/clinical interest to the readers. It should have a maximum of 400 words, one table or figure and not more than five references. No summary is necessary and headings, apart from 'References', are optional. Authors' names and addresses should be listed at the end of text, before the references.

C. Publication Charges

Journal of Biomedical Investigation is an Open Access journal. The journal depends on Article Publication Charges (APC) in order to cover the cost of publication processes and production. Currently the Journal’s publication charge is:

Local Authors……………………….60,000 naira

International Authors………………...70 USD

This charge is payable when a manuscript has been accepted for publication.

D. Preparing your Manuscript

Please format the manuscript in the following way to expedite the review process:

Manuscript Organization:

  1. All manuscripts are expected to be prepared as MS Word document with the complete text, references, tables and figures included. Any revised manuscripts prepared for publication should be sent as a single editable Word document.
  2. Manuscripts should be written in English. Title, author(s), and affiliations should all be included on a title page as the first page of the manuscript file, followed by a 300 word abstract and 3-5 keywords. The order they follow is: Title, Authors, Author Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and References.
  3. This journal values current literature. At least 70% of the references/citations in a manuscript should not be older than 5 years.

Title: Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Authors’ names should be arrange as surname first (in capital letters), followed by the first name and then the middle name. Titles are not required. You can add your name between parentheses in your own script behind the English transliteration. Present the authors' affiliation addresses below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a superscript number immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the active e-mail address of each author. The 16-digit ORCID of the author(s) should be listed. For authors that are (temporarily) unaffiliated, we will only capture their city and country of residence, not their e-mail address unless specifically requested.

Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the active e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.

Abstract and Key Words: The abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 250 words and should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Abstract must be structured into separate sections for original articles: Background of the study, Aim of the study, Material and methods (how the study was performed and statistical tests used), Results (the main findings), Conclusions.

In a separate line, provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

The main text should be strictly arranged as follows:

Introduction: Should describe the background relevant to the manuscript topic with appropriate citations, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results and provide a clear justification for the study.

Material and methods: Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.

Results: Results should be clear and concise in form of text supported with tables or figures without discussion or interpretation of the results. All tables and figures should be referred to in the text and numbered appropriately.

Discussion: This should critically evaluate and analyze the results and its significance. Results should not be repeated. The discussion should be logical, clear, and informative, drawing inferences only from the results of the study, and comparing findings with similar previous works. This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

Conclusions: The main conclusions of the study may be presented and need not be as elaborate as the discussion.

Ethical Approval and Consent to Participate: Human studies and studies conducted in animals must have been approved by the institutional review board and conform to the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 as revised in 2013 and/or the guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by NIH. A written informed consent should also be retrieved for studies involving human participants.

Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

Competing Interest: Authors are required to recognize or disclose conflicts of interest that might bias their study. A complete declaration of conflicting interest is required. Where there are no conflicts of interest, the authors should declare that there exists no conflict of interests.

Scientific style

  • Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units (SI units).
  • Genus and species names should be in italics.
  • Please use the standard mathematical notation for formulae, symbols etc.: Italic for single letters that denote mathematical constants, variables, and unknown quantities Roman/upright for numerals, operators, and punctuation, and commonly defined functions or abbreviations, e.g., cos, det, e or exp, lim, log, max, min, sin, tan, d (for derivative) Bold for vectors, tensors, and matrices.

Figure and Table Requirement:

All figures or photographs must be submitted as jpg or tif files with distinct characters and symbols at 500 dpi (dots per inch). Tables and equations should be in an editable rather than image version. Tables must be edited with Word/Excel. Equations must be edited with Equation Editor. Figures, tables and equations should be numbered and cited as Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, etc. in sequence.

Page numbering and Formatting:

Before submission, type your manuscript single spaced, and make all the characters in the text, tables, figure legends, footnotes and references in a single typeface and point size as 12 pt Times New Roman.

References

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Unpublished results and personal communications are not allowed. Both in-text citations and reference section must be prepared following the Vancouver style. Authors are liable for the accuracy of references and where an ahead-of-print article is cited, the DOI should be provided. Titles of journals should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed. References must include: (i) all authors' surnames and initials (when there are six or fewer authors). If there are seven or more authors, list only first six authors, followed by et al.; (ii) the full title of the paper; (iii) the title of the journal (abbreviated); (iv) the year of publication; (v) the volume and issue number; (vi) the first and last page numbers. If available, please always include DOIs as full DOI links in your reference list (e.g. “https://doi.org/abc”).

Citation of chapters in books should include the author(s) and title of the chapter, editors' names, title of the book, city of publication, name of publisher, year of publication and page numbers if appropriate. Below are some examples:

Journal Articles

  1. Ukoha U, Anibeze CIP, Akpuaka FC, Anyabolu A. Relationship between cranial capacity and age in Nigerian females. J Biomed Investig. 2011;7(2): https://doi.org/10.4314/jbi.v7i2.65853
  2. Dimkpa U, Ezeike CC, Maduka SO, Ukoha UU, Anikeh LC, Uchefuna RC. Sex differences in heart rate responses to sub-maximal exercise in young adults. Comparative Exerc Physiol, 2015; 11(1): 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109011021
  3. Ogunbosi BO, Alao MA, Ibrahim OR, Ayuk AC, Ibraheem RM, Odimegwu CL, et al. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in six geopolitical zones in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey. Pan Afr Med J 2022;42(179). https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.42.179.34135

Books

  • Laires MJ, Monteiro CP. Magnesium and physical exercise In: Smetna R (ed) Advances in Magnesium Research 1 England: John Labbey & Company Ltd, 1997; 325-331.

Internet Article

 

E. Submission of Article

Online Submission 

Submission of all manuscripts is done online through the Journal's email address:   [email protected]

Peer Review Process:

Upon initial submission of the manuscript, an Editorial Board member will assess its suitability for the journal. Manuscripts deemed suitable should be forwarded to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. Authors will be notified about the status of their manuscripts with review reports for modifications. The Editor-in-chief is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles.

After Acceptance

Proofs: One set of page proofs (as PDF files) will be sent to the corresponding author. The author should list all corrections quoting line numbers. If, for any reason, this is not possible, then mark the corrections and any other comments (including replies to the Query Form) on a printout of your proof and scan the pages and return via e-mail. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. It is important to ensure that all corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Once the proof is received from the authors, and the publication charges paid, we will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately.

Off-prints

The corresponding author will be notified and receive a link to the published version of the open access article. For an extra charge, paper off-prints may be purchased and should be ordered when the proofs are returned. Off-prints and a complete copy of the relevant journal issue will be sent about 3 weeks after publication.

 

Prof. Joe Umunnah                                                                 Prof. Chidiebere Ugwu, Ph.D

Editor-in-Chief                                                                        Business Editor