Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering will consider for publication original papers in all disciplines of biomedical photonics and engineering including but not limited to:

  • Tissue optics
  • Biomedical modelling and simulation
  • Laser-tissue interaction and tissue engineering
  • Noninvasive physiological monitoring
  • Medical and biological imaging instrumentation and techniques
  • Photonic therapeutics and diagnostics
  • Clinical technologies and systems
  • Advanced microscopy and imaging
  • Nanobiophotonics and optical molecular imaging
  • Photonic nano-manipulation
  • Ultrasound-modulated optical phenomena
  • Photoacoustic / optoacoustic imaging, tomography
  • Multimodal and hybrid biomedical imaging
  • Optical coherence tomography
  • Medical imaging systems
  • Laser diagnostic and laser therapeutic methods, instruments, and systems 
  • Ophthalmic instruments, systems, implants, and clinical applications
  • Optical and nanoscale biosensors
  • Ultrasensitive detection and optical clinical chemistry
  • Endoscopic systems and applications
  • Biospectroscopy and optoelectronic instrumentation 
  • Spectroscopic methods on a cellular and molecular level
  • Fiber optic sensors, instrumentation, and techniques 
  • Optical and structural microscopy 
  • Applications of optical systems and technologies to biology and medicine
  • Drug discovery and development
  • Food an drug analysis
  • Biomedical signal processing
  • Theranostic applications of plasmonic nanoparticles and multifunctional nanocomposites
  • Engineered nanoparticles and bioconjugates for biomedicin
  • Analytical tools based on nanobiotechnology
  • Medical device development
  • Biomedical telemetry monitoring
  • Space medicine

 

Sections

Articles

Article is a full-length manuscript presenting original work intended as a regular contribution to the journal.

Reviews

Review Papers will usually written by at the invitation of Editor. Unsolicited reviews will be highly welcome but authors wishing to submit a review are requested to consult the Editors prior to commence-ment. The size of a Review may differ, a length of about 45,000 characters (with spaces) or 7,000 words incl. references, excl. figures is recommended. 

Letters

Letter must be a short technical communication of significant interest intended for rapid publication. The typical size of a Letter should be 3–4 printed pages. This corresponds to a maximum length of about 14,000 characters (with spaces) or 2,300 words plus 1–3 figures and a short reference list.

 

Peer Review Process

All submissions undergo a rigorous review process in order to maintain a high-quality publication. Manuscripts are evaluated by the Editor-In-Chief and/or a designated Editorial Board Member to ensure they meet the journal's scientific standards and are eligible for peer review.  Characteristics of the peer review process are as follows:

  • Simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript to different journals is not allowed.
  • Manuscripts with contents outside the scope will not be considered for review.
  • Papers will be single-blind reviewed by at least two referees selected by the editorial board  based on their expertise in the topic.
  • The referees provide detailed comments and recommendations to help the editorial board member arrive at the appropriate editorial decision. In addition, Editors will have the option of seeking additional reviews when needed.
  • The corresponding author will be informed of the reviewers’ comments.
  • Revised manuscripts are evaluated by the editorial board member and are sent back to the original referees in the case of major revisions.
  • Authors will be informed when Editors decide that further review is required.
  • All publication decisions are made by the journal's Editor-in-Chief on the basis of the referees' reports and Editor’s recommendations. The Editors-in-Chief has the ultimate authority to accept or reject a submission.
  • Authors of papers that are not accepted for publications are notified promptly.
  • If the manuscript is accepted, it will be copy edited, and a galley proof will be sent to the corresponding author for the final correction and approval.
  • All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents. We expect our Board of Reviewing Editors and reviewers to treat manuscripts as confidential material as well.

Authors may appeal to the Editorial Board member or Editor-In-Chief to reconsider a rejection decision if they believe that the reviewers have seriously misjudged the manuscript. All appeals will be given careful consideration. The Editorial Board member and/or Editor-In-Chief will determine if further consideration is merited or if the original decision should stand.

Submissions from editors or members of the editorial board are handled by an editorial board member who is not connected with the manuscript to ensure that such submissions receive an objective and unbiased evaluation.

 

Publication Frequency

The Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering is a quarterly peer-reviewed international electronic journal published in English. J-BPE publishes original articles, review articles, letters, special issues and tutorials.

Submissions for special issues must be prepared according to the journal guidelines and use the Online Submission System. Special issue papers will be peer‐reviewed in accordance with the journal's established policies and procedures.  

 

Open Access Policy

All articles published by J-BPE are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers.

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

 

Archiving

The journal uses the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) to digitally preserve all the published articles. The PKP PN is a part of LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) program offers decentralized and distributed preservation, seamless perpetual access, and preservation of the authentic original version of the content.

In addition, all files are archived in National electronic library (CyberLeninka).

 

Ethic policy

The Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement of the Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering is based on Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for editors developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

We strive to guarantee the quality of journal publications and follow the principle according to which the publisher bears the main responsibility for the integrity of scholarly publications. We do our best to help editors-in-chief, editors, and peer reviewers follow ethical standards accepted by major publishers and providers of scientific information. Adherence to standards is necessary to maintain high quality of scholarly publications, public trust in the results of scientific research, and author recognition.

It is necessary to exclude falsification, plagiarism and self-plagiarism, duplicate submissions, multiple copying of similar information in different research papers, false authorship, and misrepresentation with respect to authors' impact on their publications. Authors must be honest in presenting their results and conclusions of their research. Research misconduct is a harmful for knowledge. 

All those who have made a significant contribution should be given chance to be cited as authors. Other individuals who have contributed to the work should be acknowledged. Articles should include a full list of the current institutional affiliations of all authors, both academic and corporate.

Reproducing text from other papers without properly crediting the source (plagiarism) or producing many papers with almost the same content by the same authors (self-plagiarism) is not acceptable. Submitting the same results to more than one journal concurrently is unethical. Exceptions are the review articles. Authors may not present results obtained by others as if they were their own. Authors should acknowledge the work of others used in their research and cite publications that have influenced the direction and course of their study.

Editors, authors, and peer reviewers must report about their interests that may affect their fairness when submitting, editing, and reviewing manuscripts (conflict of interests). These may be financial, personal, political, religious, and intellectual. Peer reviewing must be objective.

Editors responsibilities:

  • Publication decision. All publication decisions are made by the journal's Editors on the basis of the referees' reports and with reference only to the manuscript’s importance, originality and clarity, and its relevance to the journal. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
  • Fair play. An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  • Confidentiality. The submitted manuscripts must be handled in a confidential manner, with no details being disclosed to anyone, with the exception of the reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, without the permission of the author, until a decision has been taken as to whether the manuscript is to be published.
  • Disclosure and Conflicts of interest. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Editors must made known any conflicts of interest that might arise. Specifically, in cases where an editor is an author of a submitted manuscript, the manuscript must be passed to another editor for independent peer review.
  • Corrections. An editor presented with convincing evidence that the substance or conclusions of a published paper are erroneous should coordinate with the publisher to promote the prompt publication of a correction (or erratum), retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as may be relevant. An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper. Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript and giving due consideration of the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies.

Reviewers responsibilities:

  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions. Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
  • Promptness. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
  • Confidentiality. Any received manuscripts must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorised by the editor.
  • Acknowledgement of Sources. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also inform the editor of any similarity between the submitted manuscript and another either published or under consideration by another journal to the best of their knowledge.
  • Objectivity. Reviews should be conducted objectively and in a timely fashion. Reviewers should not make personal criticism in their review and should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. Reviewers must alert the editor if a manuscript contains plagiarized material or falsified data to the best of their knowledge.
  • Disclosure and Conflict of Interest. Referees must return the manuscript without review to the editor if there is a conflict of interest. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors:

  • Reporting standards.  Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
  • Data Access and Retention. Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
  • Originality and Plagiarism. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
  • Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication. An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal of primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
  • Acknowledgement of Sources. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
  • Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the concept, design, execution or interpretation of the research study. All those who have made significant contributions should be offered the opportunity to be listed as authors. Other individuals who have contributed to the study should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. Every coauthor should have the opportunity to review the manuscript before its submission. All coauthors have an obligation to provide prompt retractions or correction of errors in published works. Any individual unwilling or unable to accept appropriate responsibility for a paper should not be a coauthor. All collaborators share some degree of responsibility for any paper they coauthor. While not all coauthors may be familiar with all aspects of the research presented in their paper, all collaborations should have in place an appropriate process for reviewing and ensuring the accuracy and validity of the reported results, and all coauthors should be aware of this process. Collaborations are expected to have a process to archive and verify the research record; to facilitate internal communication and allow all authors to be fully aware of the entire work; and respond to questions concerning the joint work and enable other responsible scientists to share the data. All members of a collaboration should be familiar with, and understand, the process.
  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

 

Plagiarism

Reproducing text from other papers without properly crediting the source (plagiarism) or producing many papers with almost the same content by the same authors (self-plagiarism) is not acceptable. Authors should ensure that submitted work is original and has not been published elsewhere. Proper acknowledgement of the work of others used in a research project must always be given. Further, it is the obligation of each author to provide prompt retractions or corrections of errors in published works. J-BPE will follow COPE guidelines on plagiarism if it will be identified in the submission.

 

Conflict of Interest

Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering requests that authors provide a statement of any conflicts of interest. The statement of declared interests will be published at the end of the article.  If there are no conflicts, it is recommended to add the Disclosures section with the following statement: "The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest related to this article."

Conflict of interest for a given manuscript exists when a participant in the peer review and publication process  (author, reviewer, or editor) has ties to activities that could in appropriately influence his or her judgment, whether or not judgment is in fact affected.

Financial relationships with industry (i.e. through employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, expert testimony), either directly or through immediate family, are usually considered to be the most important conflicts of interest. However, conflicts can occur for other reasons, such as personal relationships, academic competition, and intellectual passion.

For more information see also www.icmje.org/index.htm

 

Use of Human Subjects & Animals

Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering expects all authors to observe internationally accepted principles and practices related to the ethical conduct of research involving the use of human subjects or animals. A brief statement must be included in the manuscript identifying the institutional oversight or licensing body that approved the studies. Experiments involving human subjects are expected to conform to the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki. For such experiments, authors must also include a statement confirming that informed consent was obtained from all subjects or this requirement was waived by the oversight body.

 

Author fees

Publication in the Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering is free of charge for all authors. The journal doesn't have any Article submission or processing charges.



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