About this journal

Aims and scope

Biologics: Targets and Therapy is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal patho-physiological rationale for, and clinical application of, biologic agents and their biosimilars in the management of autoimmune diseases, cancers, or other pathologies where a molecular target can be identified.

Biologics: Targets and Therapy will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

Specific topics covered by the journal include:
• Gene therapy
• Cell therapy
• Antibody-based therapy
• Blood components
• Vaccines
• Hormones
• Cytokines and growth factors
• Toxins
• Peptides

This journal is characterized by the rapid reporting of original research, reviews, basic science, clinical studies and commentaries.

The journal does not accept study protocols. The journal will consider case reports only if they make a valuable and original contribution to the literature.

When considering submission of a paper utilizing publicly available data, authors should ensure that such studies add significantly to the body of knowledge and that they are validated using the authors’ own data through replication in an original sample.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 51K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 5.3 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 4.4 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 8.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.171 (2023) SNIP
  • 1.276 (2023) SJR

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief:

Professor Shein-Chung Chow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, United States

Editorial Board:

Professor Melisa I. Barliana, Professor, Ph.D, Department of Biological Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia.

Professor Melisa I. Barliana, Head of Master Program in Pharmacy, Head of Master Program in Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Padjadjaran Teaching Hospital Building, Indonesia 

Dr Alida Benfante, Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Italy

Dr William C. Cho, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

Dr Wei-Qun Ding, Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA

Professor Robert Eisenberg, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Dr Bithiah Grace Jaganathan, Associate Dean, Students' Affairs, Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India 

Dr Maher Kurdi, MD, FRCP (Canada), FRCPath, (UK), FEFN (EU), Clinical Associate Professor of Neuropathology and Neuromuscular Pathology. Chairman, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University. Chief, Brain Tumour Research Group, King Fahad Medical Research Center, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

Professor Cato Laurencin, Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Chief Executive Officer, The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

Professor George Prendergast, George C Prendergast, Professor & President/CEO, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, USA

Dr Ranjit Ranbhor, Scientific Advisor, Pergament & Cepeda LLP, New Jersey, USA 

Professor Garry Walsh, School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Professor Shuyu Zhang, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, China Mainland (PRC)

Abstracting and indexing

Biologics: Targets and Therapy is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

EMBASE (Elsevier)

Pubmed (NLM)

PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)

Scopus (Elsevier)

Open access

Biologics: Targets and Therapy is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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