Copyright Policy

Author Rights

• Authors retain full copyright of their work.
• Authors grant IJB&CS a non-exclusive publishing license, allowing the journal to publish and distribute the work while authors remain free to use, share, and republish their work elsewhere.

Third-Party Content

• Authors must obtain proper permissions for any copyrighted material used in their work.
• Proper attribution must be given for all figures, tables, and previously published content.

Plagiarism Policy

• The journal follows strict anti-plagiarism measures using software tools like Turnitin.
• Any article found to contain plagiarized, falsified, or duplicate content will be rejected or retracted.

Repository Policy

IJB&CS promotes open research and knowledge dissemination by allowing authors to deposit and share their work in various repositories.

Preprint Policy

Authors may post their preprints (drafts before peer review) on recognized preprint servers such as:

arXiv (Physics, AI, and Computational Sciences)

SSRN (Business and Economics)

bioRxiv (Computational Biology)

Posting a preprint does not affect submission to IJB&CS.

Authors should mention that the paper is submitted to IJB&CS in the preprint version.

Postprint Policy (Accepted Manuscripts)

Authors may deposit their accepted manuscripts (peer-reviewed, but before final formatting) in:

Institutional repositories

Funding agency repositories (e.g., NIH, Horizon Europe)

Public repositories like Zenodo and Figshare

Proper citation of the final published version is required.

Published Version Policy

The final version (publisher’s PDF) can be shared immediately in any open-access repository without embargo.

IJB&CS encourages authors to deposit their final articles in repositories such as:

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

PubMed Central (if applicable)

University Libraries

Compliance with Open Science Policies

The repository policy aligns with Plan S, OpenAIRE, and funder mandates.

Authors receiving research grants from organizations requiring open access (e.g., European Commission, NIH, Wellcome Trust) can comply by depositing their work in open repositories.