Natural Bio Products Journal

Aims and Scope

Natural Bio Products Journal (NBPJ) is an electronic, online-only, fully open-access journal dedicated to the publication of evidence-based research in the field of natural bio-products. The journal welcomes original research, reviews, case reports, short communications, letters to the editor, technical reports, valid negative results, and replication studies related to natural bio-products.

NBPJ aims to provide a scientific platform for the development, evaluation, standardization, clinical application, regulation, and evidence-based use of natural bio-products. The journal especially supports studies that integrate text, video, raw data, and multimedia content.

The scope of the journal is organized into three main axes:

Axis I - Basic Sciences and Natural Resources of Natural Bio-Products

This axis covers the fundamental study of natural bio-product resources and the technological development of raw materials into final products.

  Part A: Natural Resources

This part is dedicated to the fundamental study of plant, fungal, algal, microbial, and animal resources, as well as the chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, and biological properties of natural bio-product raw materials.

Main topics include natural resources and biodiversity, plant chemistry, essential oils and animal products, biological activities, pharmacokinetics and metabolism, toxicology and immunology, bioinformatics and computational chemistry, metabolomics and profiling, field studies and plant geography, and natural and antinutritional toxins.

  Part B: Processing Technology, Formulation, and Quality Control

This part addresses the engineering and technological aspects of converting natural bio-product raw materials into final products, including food, supplements, medicine, and health products.

Main topics include green extraction methods, nanotechnology and microencapsulation, standardization and biomarkers, stability and shelf life, rapid analytical methods, advanced chromatography and spectroscopy, process simulation and modeling, use of waste and residues, formulation of food products and supplements, formulation of pharmaceutical and health products, and quality control of raw materials and final products.

Axis II - Clinical Applications & Nutrition

This axis is dedicated to human, nutritional, and implementation studies of natural bio-products in society. Studies in the four product areas of food, supplements, medicine, and health products may be published in this axis if they meet the minimum required level of evidence.

Clinical trials of natural bio-products may be submitted without limitation to a specific disease. However, the required level of evidence depends on the product type: medicines require level 1 or 2 evidence, supplements require level 2 evidence, foods require level 3 or 4 evidence, and health products require level 4 evidence.

Main topics include clinical trials without disease limitation, cohort and correlation studies, personalized nutrition, sensory evaluation and consumer acceptance, sports and ergogenic supplements, animal and marine products, fermented products, and traditional and indigenous products.

Axis III - Policy, Law, Regulation, Management, and Health Economics

This axis examines regulatory systems, standardization, safety monitoring, risk management, and trade policies for natural bio-products in the four areas of food, supplements, medicine, and health products.

This axis also includes systematic health economics, such as health budgeting analysis, financial models for the entry of natural products into the health system, disease burden analysis, pricing, and social return on investment. It also covers the economics of the natural bio-products industry, including market analysis, supply chain, economic barriers to market entry, and competitive analysis.

Main topics include national and international policymaking, national laws and regulations of Iran, monitoring and compliance with standards, civil liability and consumer rights, risk management and rapid alert systems, commercialization and intellectual property, critical evaluation of regulatory systems, international laws on trade in endangered species, national standards for specific products, systematic health economics and health budgeting, and economics of the natural bio-products industry.

Distinctive Scope of NBPJ

The distinctive feature of NBPJ is the simultaneous publication of text, video, raw data, and multimedia content. The journal encourages submissions that combine scientific rigor, transparent data sharing, reproducible methods, and clear communication through electronic and video-based formats.