About

Scope and Mission

Acta Biochimica Polonica (ABP) aims to be the leading journal in the field by publishing open access premier research on enzymology and metabolism, membranes and bioenergetics, gene structure and expression, protein, nucleic acid and carbohydrate structure and metabolism. ABP is the official journal of Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne (Polish Biochemical Society).

Advisory Board and Editorial Team

ABP's Editorial Board and Advisory Board provides strategic and professional advice to the Editor-in-Chief. The journal recognises the following Editorial Board members for their continuous guidance and support of the journal.

Editor-in-Chief:

Grzegorz Węgrzyn (University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland)

Editors

Bożena Bruhn-Olszewska                                                                Mikołaj Olejniczak
Uppsala University, Sweden                                                            Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

Advisory Board

Muthu Arumugam                                                                        Grzegorz Bartosz (chairman)
CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum Kerala, India                                               University of Rzeszów, Poland

Join the Editorial Board

Call for Editorial Board Members

Acta Biochimica Polonica is looking for new Editorial Board members, if you are interested in joining the Editorial Board as a Reviewer please complete this form.

Selection criteria

• An active researcher with a PhD
• Evidence of an active and relevant publication record for current career stage
• Expertise in relevant subject areas within the scope of the journal
• Experience of reviewing (desirable)

Although previous reviewing experience is desirable, we encourage applications from researchers at any stage of their career.

Key responsibilities

• Reviewing manuscripts for the journal
• Helping develop the journal including:
• Suggesting Special Issues for the journal
• Where relevant acting as a Guest Editor on a Special Issue
• Acting as an ambassador for the journal at conferences and engaging with the journal through social media, as appropriate.

The journal is supported by a professional editorial office team which works to support all Editorial Board members in these activities.

Application assessment

Applications are assessed on submission and we aim to reply to all applicants within 4 weeks.

Journal Information

Standard Journal Abbreviation (ISO 4): Acta Biochim. Pol. 
Abbreviation: ABP 
Electronic ISSN: 1734-154X

Copyright Statement

Under the Conditions for Website Use and the General Conditions for Authors, authors of articles published in ABP retain copyright on their articles, except for any third-party images and other materials added by ABP, which are subject to copyright of their respective owners. Authors are therefore free to disseminate and re-publish their articles, subject to any requirements of third-party copyright owners and subject to the original publication being fully cited. Visitors may also download and forward articles subject to the citation requirements and subject to any fees ABP’s publisher, Frontiers, may charge for downloading licenses. The ability to copy, download, forward or otherwise distribute any materials is always subject to any copyright notices displayed. Copyright notices must be displayed prominently and may not be obliterated, deleted or hidden, totally or partially.

Quality

Each ABP article strives for the highest quality, thanks to genuinely collaborative interactions between authors, editors and reviewers. ABP encourages authors to consult the instructions for authors guidelines prior to submission. Please observe that all submissions are screened for evidence of mass production of manuscripts, including ghostwritten, fabricated, or plagiarized text, generic titles, hypotheses, or experiments, and digital images that have been manipulated, manufactured, or re-used. These submissions will not be considered for peer review in ABP. ABP operates in line with the research integrity principles supported by COPE.

Contact

Editorial Office 

Avenue du Tribunal Fédéral 34 
CH – 1005 Lausanne 
Switzerland 
Tel +41 (0)21 510 17 40 
Fax +41 (0)21 510 17 01 
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