The manuscripts should be submitted directly by email to jbph@gcu.edu.pk . The authors should make sure before submission that the manuscript has not been published before, is not under consideration for publication anywhere else, and; the publication has been approved by all co-authors.
If the authors include figures, tables, or text that have already been published elsewhere, they are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) and include it as evidence at the time of submission.
The corresponding author should submit a cover letter on behalf of all the authors stating the importance of presented data, and how it is interesting for journal audiences. The cover letter should clearly state that all the authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript and that they have no conflict of interest of any kind.
Title page: It should include; the name(s) of the author(s), concise and informative title, affiliation/s and address/es of the author/s, e-mail address, ORCID ID, and contact numbers of the corresponding author.
Abstract: A structured abstract (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions) of not more than 250 words should be provided. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations and/or references.
Text Body: Manuscripts should be written in English and submitted in Word using 12-point Times Roman. All scientific names of microorganisms, plants, animals, genes, and proteins should follow that standard nomenclature guidelines. Pages and lines should be numbered. Tables should be made by using the table function in Word. Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Text Structure: Manuscripts should be structured into the following main sections: Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, Acknowledgements, Funding, Ethical considerations, and Author contributions.
High-quality figures should be submitted with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. The figures should be submitted separately from the text as tiff files. The figure legends should be placed after references and figures should be named in Arabic numerals followed by a colon (Figure 1:). In the text, figures should be written as fig.1, fig.2 …….. Online publication of coloured figures is free. For the print version, authors are expected to make a contribution towards the extra costs.
The journal has a very strict plagiarism policy. All the manuscripts will be checked by “Turnitin” after submission and will be processed only if the plagiarism percentage is less than 19%.
Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list.
Funding acquired for the work should be mentioned clearly. The names of funding organizations should be written in full. In case of no funding a statement should be given as “No funding was acquired for the present research”.
The authors must declare all possible conflicts (academic or financial) clearly. In case of no conflict, a statement should be added in the manuscript as “The authors declare no conflict of interest of any kind”.
The authors should ensure that all ethical permissions and standards have been followed while conducting the research. In the case of human or animal participants a proper ethical statement should be included and informed consent should be mentioned under the following headings;
The contribution of each author should be mentioned clearly. Manuscript must be approved by all authors before submission.
All the information should be properly cited in the text and at the end of
the manuscript.
The journal follows the APA style of referencing
(https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references;
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples
).
Upon acceptance of the article, the authors will receive a Copyright Transfer Statement which they have to sign and return to the journal office. The manuscript will be sent for proofreading to check for typos and other errors. After proof reading the article will be processed for online publication.
