About the Journal

Biosciences and Health (BioscHealth) is a multidisciplinary, open-access, electronic scientific journal that constitutes the modality of continuous publication in the areas of knowledge in biology, science and health, involving the Brazilian and foreign academic community, as well as teaching and postgraduate institutions in Brazil and worldwide.

 

Focus and scope of the journal (mission, objectives, target audience, submission policies and types of documents accepted for publication in the journal)

BioscHealth mission is to disseminate scientific publications through open access, thus contributing to the development of research and science in the country and abroad. The aim of the journal is to promote the advancement of scientific research, both by researchers working in Brazil and abroad, as well as to disseminate new scientific methods and significant results to the scientific community. The journal is open to the submission of articles from students (under the responsibility of at least one advisor or qualified professional), teachers and researchers from Brazil and abroad. The journal publishes several sorts of scientific papers, ranging from original articles, reviews, and case studies in different fields of knowledge in Portuguese and English. It is multidisciplinary in character, publishing scientific articles from the most wide-ranging fields of knowledge in Biology, Biomedicine, Education Sciences, Health Sciences, Agricultural and Civil Engineering, Physical Education, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Medicine, Clinical and Surgical Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Human and Animal Morphology, Nutrition, Dentistry, Psychology, Collective and Public Health.

Evaluation Policies and Guidelines

Manuscript Assessment

After the article is submitted by the author of the research, the Editorial Board will receive the article and, consequently, will read it to verify whether the text is in accordance with the submission guidelines of the journal. The BioscHealth adopted the "CrossRef Similarity Check" plagiarism detection software which analyzes the entire article in search of excerpts or the entire plagiarized text, if similarity is found, the article will be returned to be rewritten; if the correction is not complied with, the article will be rejected.

When submitting the article in English, the Brazilian author is required to attach, along with the article submission, a certificate from a specialized company, with a description of the translation services into English, proofreading for spelling and grammatical errors. Once the author submits the article in Portuguese, the English version of the title, abstract and keywords may not be just a conventional translation, instead it must be a specialized translation, with precise technical terms and words, otherwise your article may be rejected. BioscHealth publishing offers translation and proofreading services in English. If the author would like to hire this service, please ask for an estimate at bh@bioscienceshealth.com.br. This type of service will not imply in the acceptance of the article. Therefore, it is the author's responsibility to carry out the English version, using professional technical-scientific spelling and words in the text.

Provided the article is in full compliance with the Author Guidelines, the Editor-in-Chief may accept the article if the topic is relevant to the journal, forwarding the article for review. Accordingly, the article will be reviewed by invited reviewers and/or editorial board members. Upon completion of the review, the authors will be notified for necessary adjustments, and a letter will be sent in response to the reviewer's comments.

Prior to proceeding to the final stage, the Editorial Board may amend the text, improving the linguistic quality and comprehension of the figures/tables in the article. Once the article is revised, with the authors' response letter, the Chief Editor will make the final decision on whether or not to accept the article for publishing.

Open Access Policy

BioscHealth provides immediate open access to its content based on the principle of rendering research and scientific work freely available to the entire national and international community, at no cost to readers or to educational and research institutions, thereby promoting research to the world. Only a small fee per article is charged for the maintenance and sustainability of the journal.

Privacy policy

The names and addresses provided in this journal will be used exclusively for the services provided by this publication and will not be made available for other purposes or to third parties.

Similarity Identification and Plagiarism Prevention

BioscHealth runs text similarity identification and plagiarism prevention service using CrossRef Similarity Check.

Article Publication Fee

The publication fee for Brazilian authors is R$ 300.00 and for foreign authors US$ 100. Therefore, if the article is accepted for publication, the Brazilian and/or foreign authors must pay the publication fee. The amount charged is for the sustainability and maintenance of the journal.

Authorship Contributions Statement

Authors are required to submit a Statement of Authorship Contributions, as an example of participation in the writing of the paper, drafting and composing the textual chapters, formatting, final proofreading, and author approval.