Why Publish with BBB?
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (BBB) publishes high-quality papers providing chemical and biological analyses of vital phenomena exhibited by animals, plants, and microorganisms, the chemical structures and functions of their products, and related matters. The Journal plays a major role in communicating to a global audience outstanding basic and applied research in all fields subsumed by the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (JSBBA).
Keep reading to discover why you should publish with BBB.
Broad Scope
BBB publishes three article types (regular papers, notes, and reviews) and covers research on a wide range of topics including but not limited to:
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
- Enzymology
- Animal Science
- Physical and Analytical Chemistry
- Biopolymer Science
- Food Science
- Microbiology (including Virology)
- Plant Science
- Environmental Science
Find out more here.
Open Access Options
The journal offers authors the opportunity to publish their work open access – learn more about open access options.
Read & Publish Agreements
OUP has a growing number of Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publishing. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access, and the institution may pay the charge. Find out if your institution is participating.
OUP and a number of JUSTICE affiliated institutions have also agreed a Read and Publish deal for 2023 - 2025. Find out if your institution is participating here.
High Impact
The articles published in the journal make an impact. Explore the high impact collection to find out more.
Article Metrics
Article-level metrics, including usage, citations, and Altmetric scores are available for all articles published in the journal, allowing you to understand the reach of your research, and the attention it is receiving online.
Commitment to Ethical Publishing
We are a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We follow the highest standards of publication ethics and apply COPE principles as outlined in the Core Practices.
Enago
BBB and Oxford University Press partner with Enago, a leading provider of author services. Prospective authors are entitled to an OUP discount of 30% for editing services at Enago. They are an independent service provider and language editing is optional, authors are under no obligation. Edited manuscripts will still undergo peer review by the journal.
Innovative digital publishing
Your article will be on our Oxford Academic platform, which provides a comprehensive suite of features and capabilities for authors. Oxford Academic is easy to use, allowing readers to discover and explore your content from any device. It has been developed using award-winning technology to meet the community’s research needs. There is powerful faceted searching across text and images, downloadable content to enable offline use, and static DOIs and social tools so that readers can share and discuss your article easily. Readers can also use their own accessibility tools and software, as we continue our work to adhere to evolving accessibility standards, including the World Wide Web Consortium guidelines.
Author experience
The journal is published by Oxford University Press which has a resource center to answer all of your questions before, during, and after publication—including advice on how best to promote your work once published.
Ready to Submit?
Read our author guidelines for more information on publishing with the journal, including how to prepare your manuscript, then visit our online submissions site to submit your research.
