The Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology is open access, peer-reviewed journal published by Open Science Publishers LLP (registered under section 12(1) of LLP Act 2008). The journal publishes on a bi-monthly basis (6 issues per year) and is available in both online and print format.

This page contains: Aims & Scope, Abstracting & Indexing, Journal Policies, Subscription, About the publisher

Aims & Scope

Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, dedicated to the publication of original research, review articles, and short communications on applied research in the following subject area;

• Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Plant Sciences, Plant breeding, and Medicinal Plants
• General Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology
• Microbiology & Food Science
• Biotechnology & Bioinformatics

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases;

Scopus, Web of Science (Biological Abstracts & BIOSIS Previews), CNKI Scholar, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Google Scholar, Indian Science Abstracts, Tropical Diseases Bulletin, Science Central, Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region, Review of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, ScopeMed, EBSCO, Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases, Global Health, Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts, Index Copernicus, Genamics JournalSeek, Scilit.

Digital preservation & permanent archiving

All the contents published in this journal are archived in Portico (an E-Journal Preservation Service), which provides permanent digital archiving for scholarly journals.

JOURNAL EDITORIAL POLICIES 

• Open Access Policy
• Licensing, copyright, and author Self-Archiving policies
• Publication ethics and malpractice statement
• CrossMark Policy
• Digital Preservation
• Plagiarism Policy
• Corrections and Retraction 
• Preprint Policy
• Peer-review Policy
• Conflicts of interest
• Waiver and discounts
• Complaints and appeals
• Misconduct and sanctions
• Licensing, copyright, and author Self-Archiving policies
• Ethical approvals, patients' rights, and informed consent
• Advertising policies