About the Journal

Journal description

Revista de divulgación científica iBIO is a quarterly publication that disseminates short popular science articles, in Spanish and English, that have biotechnology and bioprocesses as their central axis. Topics include:

  • Biotechnology: The use of living organisms, cells, biomolecules, and biotechnological tools to develop products, processes, technologies, or services.
  • Bioprocesses: The design and operation of processes based on cells, microorganisms, or their derivatives to produce valuable products through biotechnological tools.
  • Biotechnology Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, and Industrial Biotechnology: The application of biotechnological tools and engineering principles to the design, development, and optimization of sustainable systems and processes (from laboratory to industrial scale) based on living organisms, cells, or their derivatives.
  • Environmental Biotechnology: Biotechnology focused on the prevention, monitoring, and remediation of environmental problems.
  • Pharmaceutical, Medical, and Biomedical Biotechnology: The design and production of technologies, medicines, vaccines, therapies, replacement tissues and organs, molecular diagnostics, and therapeutic products for human health applications using biotechnological techniques.
  • Food and Nutritional Biotechnology: The application of microorganisms, enzymes, and biotechnological processes in the production, improvement, preservation, and safety of food, including food fermentation and the development of functional ingredients.
  • Agricultural Biotechnology: The application of biotechnology to improve crops, soils, and agricultural production systems, encompassing crop genetic improvement, biofertilizers, biopesticides, and sustainable agriculture.
  • Molecular Biotechnology: The use of molecular and genetic techniques for the study, modification, and utilization of organisms and biomolecules.
  • Nanobiotechnology: The intersection of nanotechnology and biotechnology for the development of materials and devices with medical, environmental, industrial, and other applications.
  • Computational Biotechnology and Bioinformatics: The application of computational tools for the analysis of biological data and the development of biotechnological solutions.
  • Synthetic Biology: The design and modification of biological systems through genetic engineering and biotechnology tools.
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Collaborations are received from technicians, researchers, administrators, students, representatives of scientific-based companies, popularizers and scientific journalists from any national or international institution.

The editors will consider manuscripts for publication based on their current relevance to biotechnology and bioprocesses, their contribution to the dissemination of scientific work and their ability to communicate in a brief and understandable way for an audience at the high school and undergraduate levels. All manuscripts will be subject to peer review.

The journal is independent. There are no sources of financing external to the journal or financial relationship with any national or international public or private institution.

The journal is edited by Jessica Sánchez Vargas, independently of any national or international public or private institution.

 

Article processing and publishing charges

The journal does not charge fees at any time from submission to publication of the manuscripts received. Nevertheless, any cash donation is received via electronic transfer or Paypal. For more information about how donations are used, visit https://revistaibio.com/ojs33/index.php/main/donations.

 

Journal content access

There is no charge for access to the journal's content. Published articles are available for online access in full text, free to access. Both authors and readers are permitted to read, download, share, print, distribute or use the published content for any legal non-profit purpose.

 

Publishing schedule

The Revista de divulgación científica iBIO is published punctually every four months, days before each issue comes into effect. The editions into which the annual work is divided are the following:

  1. March-June edition: published no later than February 28 of the same year.
  2. July-October edition: published no later than June 30 of the same year.
  3. November-February edition: published no later than October 31 of the year to which the start of validity corresponds.

Although the complete editions are scheduled for the dates described above, the journal has continuous article publication. That is, the article is published as soon as the editorial flow concludes. 

Electronic ISSN

2954-4890

Preservation policy

The Revista de divulgación científica iBIO is supported by the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) to preserve it digitally. Based on the LOCKSS program, this development allows for decentralized and distributed preservation, in perpetual access without interruptions and preservation of the original authentic version of the content.

Mission

To offer an open space where recent scientific discoveries and innovative technological advances related to biotechnology and bioengineering are exhibited.

Vision

  • To have a leading publication in scientific dissemination among hogh-school, undergraduate and postgraduate students and to be a reference in the dissemination of select biotechnology and bioengineering topics.
  • To serve as an axis for collaboration in the dissemination of science between students, researchers and institutions in Mexico.
  • To publicize the most important work in research within the field of biotechnology and bioprocesses that is carried out in Mexico and the world.
  • To achieve the active participation of students and professionals from industrial and research branches in the construction of dissemination activities and strengthening ties between the three areas.
  • To maintain continuous improvement, always seeking to offer an attractive and interesting product to our readers and followers.

Objectives

  • To increase the community's interest in current topics in different branches of biotechnology and bioprocesses.
  • To increase the connection between researchers and high school, undergraduate and postgraduate level students in biotechnology, bioengineering and similar, from different institutions in Mexico and the world.
  • To promote critical and reflective thinking in young people, by exposing topics that affect the development of biotechnology and bioengineering in the country and the world.
  • To make efficient internal processes and reduce response time in the areas of the journal for easy management and workflow from receipt of a manuscript to final publication.