Information for Librarians
BioNatura Journal: Ibero-American Journal of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
BioNatura Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, quarterly scientific journal operating under a Diamond Open Access model. This page provides librarians, cataloguers, repository managers, and discovery services with key bibliographic, publishing, preservation, and governance information for institutional verification and library integration.
Journal Identification
| Full Title | BioNatura Journal: Ibero-American Journal of Biotechnology and Life Sciences |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 3020-7886 (Madrid, Spain) |
| DOI Prefix | 10.70099 |
| Frequency | Quarterly (March / June / September / December) |
| Access Model | Diamond Open Access (No Fees) |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| Peer Review | Double-blind peer review |
| Languages | English and Spanish |
| Main Website | https://bionaturajournal.com/ |
| OJS Repository | https://bionaturajournal.com/repositorio/index.php/bionatura |
Publisher and Institutional Governance
Clinical Biotec S.L. acts as the Publisher of Record of BioNatura Journal and is responsible for the journal’s global operational administration, technical infrastructure, DOI management, and continuity of publication.
The journal is published under the framework of the BioNatura Institutional Publishing Consortium (BIPC), an institutional co-publisher and governance model designed to strengthen editorial transparency, bibliometric traceability, long-term sustainability, and regional academic cooperation.
Publisher of Record
- Clinical Biotec S.L.
- Madrid, Spain
- Global operational administration and technical infrastructure
BIPC Framework
- Institutional co-publisher model
- Editorial transparency and bibliometric traceability
- Sustainability while preserving editorial independence
Official Publication Seats
- Madrid (Spain)
- Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
- Panama City (Panama)
Institutional and Bibliographic Verification
BioNatura Journal maintains a public institutional and bibliographic profile intended to facilitate verification by libraries, cataloguing systems, evaluators, and discovery services.
Access, Licensing and Library Use
BioNatura Journal follows a Diamond Open Access model. No article processing charges (APCs) and no subscription fees are applied. Libraries, repositories, and scholarly discovery services may catalogue, preserve, and disseminate the journal’s metadata and published content in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license.
Metadata, Interoperability and Discovery
The journal provides structured scholarly metadata to support indexing, discovery, and long-term institutional use.
- DOI-based persistent identification for published articles
- Article-level metadata
- Author names and institutional affiliations
- English-language titles, abstracts, and keywords
- Reference lists in Roman alphabet
- Repository-based access through OJS
Archiving and Digital Preservation
BioNatura Journal is managed through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform and supports long-term preservation through recognized preservation pathways.
- PKP Preservation Network
- LOCKSS
- CLOCKSS
Editorial and Policy Transparency
The journal centralizes its editorial policies, ethics statements, peer-review information, author resources, preservation details, and contact channels through its public journal information hub.
Contact for Librarians and Repository Managers
For cataloguing support, metadata clarification, institutional listing, repository communication, or technical verification, please contact the Editorial Office:
Email: editor@bionaturajournal.com