About the Journal

Focus and Scope

BIOVALENTIA: Biological Research Journal aims to review and publish the Biological research results from researchers.

The range of articles which BIOVALENTIA: Biological Research Journal publishing is the research results in Biology science and applied Biology. Biology science is included Ecology, Biosystematics, Physiology, Developmental Biology, Microbiology, Genetics. Applied Biology is included Biotechnology, and the sciences derived from Biology science.

Peer Review Process

The manuscript should be reviewed by two reviewers and edited by the editors. If the manuscript was written by the person of editors/reviewers, the manuscript must be reviewed by the other reviewers and edited by the other editors. The reviewers review a manuscript in their field of Biological sciences. The reviewers take their time to review a manuscript in 4 weeks typically.

The review process begin after a manuscript file and metadata uploaded/submitted by the author (with or without co authors). Editor (typically Editor-in-chief) assigns submission of manuscript file and metadata to section editor (or other editor) to see through the editorial process. Editor (or Section Editor) invites 2 reviewers from list of reviewers (or database ) with interests. The other hand, section editor (or editor) can check submission, conduct peer review, and finally reach editorial decision. Meanwhile, reviewers review and submit review and recomendation to section editor (or editor). At the same time, author can track process, see files, reviews, revise and resubmit the manuscript file at editor or section editor’ request. The review process will finish if the final editorial decision has been reached by section editor and editor.

List of Potential Reviewers by Publons

List of Potential Reviewers by JANE Biosemantics

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Each article in this journal is licensed under a License Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More... 

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Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

b. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

c. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

d. Authors hold the copyright and retain publishing right of articles without restrictions.

Journal History

BIOVALENTIA: Biological Research Journal was born on 10th November 2015 by PDDI-LIPI with publishing of E-ISSN 2477-1392. BIOVALENTIA: Biological Research Journal has been publised since November 2015. It has been accredited by Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of Republic Indonesia, number 10/E/KPT/2019 for the third category (Sinta 3) until Vol. 9 No. 1, 2023, Google Scholar since 2016, DOI Crossref since 2017, DOAJ with green thick since 16 August 2017, Garuda since 2017, Indonesia One Search by Perpusnas since 2018. The other indexing are on ISJD, OCLC WorldCat, Base, and other indexing sites.

Since DOAJ has run with website version 2, BIOVALENTIA: Biological Research Journal is still indexed by DOAJ without green thick. This issue is only about CC-BY-SA logo which is not present in each PDF version of manuscript. Since Vol. 8 No. 2 November 2022, the CC-BY-SA logo present in each PDF version of manuscript.

Since 2020 the Editorial Board of BIOVALENTIA: Biological Research Journal is the third editorial team.

The second BIOVALENTIA: Biological Research Journal Editorial Board is as follows:

EDITORIAL TEAM

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Sarno, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID) 

MANAGING EDITOR

Enggar Patriono, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID)  

EDITORIAL BOARD

1. Budi Setiadi Daryono, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 8928730200, Google Scholar ID)

2. Wilson Novarino, Andalas University, Indonesia (Scopus ID = 55710775000)

3. Zazili Hanafiah, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID)

4. Agus Purwoko, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID)

5. Arum Setiawan, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Google Scholar ID)

6. Laila Hanum, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID)

7. Elisa Nurnawati, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID)

PEER REVIEWERS

1. Syafruddin Ilyas, Nort Sumatera University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 55980597400; Google Scholar ID)

2. Sumardi, University of Lampung, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID)

3. Rudhi Pribadi, Diponegoro University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID)

4. Zulkifli Dahlan, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID)

5. Hilda Zulkifli, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 55234932600)

6. Hary Widjajanti, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Google Scholar ID)

7. Indra Yustian,  Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 13407088200; Google Scholar ID) 

SECTION EDITORS

1. Dwi Puspa Indriani, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID)

2. Doni Setiawan, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 56108427300; Google Scholar ID)

3. Rahmat Pratama, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Google Scholar ID)

BIOVALENTIA: Biological Research Journal was born on 10th November 2015 with the first Editorial Board as follows:

EDITORIAL BOARD

CHIEF EDITOR

Munawar, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 57190368709; Google Scholar ID) 

CO-CHIEF EDITOR

Enggar Patriono, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= ; Google Scholar ID)  

EDITORS

1. Indra Yustian,  Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 13407088200; Google Scholar ID) 

2. Arum Setiawan, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Google Scholar ID)

3. Zazili Hanafiah, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID)

4. Agus Purwoko, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID)

5. Laila Hanum, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia

6. Elisa Nurnawati, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia

REVIEWERS

1. Zulkifli Dahlan, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia

2. Hilda Zulkifli, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 55234932600) 

3. Syafruddin Ilyas, Nort Sumatera University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 55980597400; Google Scholar ID)

4. Hary Widjajanti, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Google Scholar ID)

5. Budi Setiadi Daryono, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 8928730200, Google Scholar ID)

6. Wilson Novarino, Andalas University, Indonesia (Scopus ID = 55710775000)

7. Aditya Krishar Karim, Cendrawasih University, Indonesia

PUBLICATION

1. Doni Setiawan, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Scopus ID= 56108427300; Google Scholar ID)

2. Rahmat Pratama, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia (Google Scholar ID)