The African Journal of Bioethics (AJB) is Peer reviewed journal providing open access to all published articles. AJB aims to encourage Pan-African harmonization in pertinent bioethical issues affecting Africa, enhance the standards of experimental and observational research ethics in the African continent, and promote robust discussions on emerging bioethical issues.

Open for submission

The journal invites the submission of high-quality articles in English and French from authors from anywhere in the world under various disciplines of Bioethics.

The manuscripts should address bioethical topics that pertain to the African setting including medical care ethics, health systems ethics, research ethics, sex and gender perspectives in bioethics, queer bioethics, human rights, human dignity, healthcare and research, ethical challenges in research and healthcare, ethics of healthcare and research with vulnerable populations, emerging issues in bioethics, and bioethics and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Additionally, submissions related to policy and governance, agricultural, institutional capacity building, environment and climate change, youth, social change, community health, advocacy, strategic management, information management, artificial intelligence, electronic commerce, energy, medical laboratory, health care ethics, biomedical sciences (microbiology and immunology), mental health, research, ethics committee, surgery, philosophy and applied ethics, forensics, genetics, and religion will be accepted.

The editor invites original articles that fall within the mission and scope of the Journal. The submitted work should not have been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Publication of abstracts and presentations at conferences do not jeopardize the publication of an article.

 

Ethics and Compliance

• All research involving human participants must include an ethics approval reference

• Informed consent must be stated and described

• Manuscripts reporting secondary data must describe the source and access permission
   

Plagiarism, AI Checks, and Originality

• All manuscripts will be checked using Crossref Similarity Check

• All manuscripts undergo editorial verification prior to acceptance.

• Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere

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​​Author Responsibilities

• All authors must meet authorship criteria and confirm approval of the final submission

• Use the CRediT taxonomy to describe individual contributions

• Disclose all potential conflicts of interest using AJB’s COI form

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Archiving & Repository Policy

AJB content is preserved via the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) through our Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Content is also disseminated via The Global Health Network (TGHN).

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Endogeny Statement

To maintain editorial independence, no more than 25% of research articles per issue include authors who are members of the AJB editorial team. All such submissions undergo independent double-blind peer review.

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Machine-Readable Licensing

Ensure that the CC BY / CC BY-NC license appears on every article PDF and within metadata. Please also include this clearly on the website and in all future published manuscripts.
 

Submission Checklist

• Complete Author Submission Form

• Manuscript file with embedded tables/figures or separate high-resolution images

• Ethics and consent details

• COI Disclosure Form

• Response to Reviewers (for revised submissions)

 

Language and Translation

• Submissions accepted in English and French

• Abstracts must be in both languages

• Optional translation services may be available upon acceptance
   

Where to Submit

Submit your manuscript via the AJB platform on the [Submit & Review] page.