The advent of online publication has greatly improved access to scientific content on a global scale. This has led to calls from the academic community for research publications to be made freely available online and immediately upon publication, without the barrier of paid subscription to access.

In response to these calls, and following consultation with journal contributors, the Editors of JBRHA launched an Open Access initiative for JBRHA on 1 June 2022. This means that manuscripts which submitted from 1 June 2022 and accepted after peer review will be published in JBRHA with open access under the CC BY license.

There are substantial costs associated with operating a high quality journal such as JBRHA, including administration of the editorial process, production of the published version, and development of online functionality. We primarily use article processing charges to cover publication costs. For more information, please refer to: Article Processing Charge.

Most papers published in Volume 20, Issue 1–Volume 36, Issue 2 (S2) (from 2006 to 31 May 2022) are copyrighted by JBRHA, and the authors retain the copyrights of individual articles. Manuscripts which are submitted before 1 June 2022 and accepted after peer review are published in JBRHA and the copyrights are owned by JBRHA.

In most instances, the contents of JBRHA are freely viewable and searchable. JBRHA grants any third party the right to use most articles freely, as long as its integrity is maintained and its original author, citation details and journal are identified. However, some articles may require permission to be re-used, as determined on a case-by-case basis. To seek permission, please see the information: Permissions Request.

(2) Published under an Open Access Creative Commons licence

Manuscripts which submitted from 1 June 2022 and accepted after peer review will be published in JBRHA with open access under the CC BY 4.0 license. JBRHA is not authorized to grant permission for material published under CC BY license, as the authors retain copyright. However, depending on the intended use, permission may not be required at all. For details, see: Copyright & License.

JBRHA will insert the following note on the first page of the published text:
© Year The Author(s). Published by Biolife Sas. This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.

7. Journal History

1987      JBRHA released the inaugural issue.
1987      JBRHA has been indexed by Scopus.
1995      JBRHA has been indexed by SCIE.
1997      JBRHA received its first Impact Factor 0.455.
2021      JBRHA received its Impact Factor 2.843.
2022      Manuscripts which are submitted from 1 June 2022 and accepted after peer review are published in JBRHA with open access under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
2022      JBRHA received its latest Impact Factor 3.200.