About BioProducts Business
BioProducts Business
BioProducts Business (BioBus) is a journal of the Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST). SWST is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; BioBus is financed by SWST via open access fees and does not accept advertising.
BioProducts Business Obtains Scopus Listing!
BioProducts Business, a refereed journal from the Society of Wood Science & Technology joins its sister journal Wood & Fiber Science in the Scopus database of journals. This is a critical step in the continued development and growth of BioProducts Business. We look forward to your submissions. First published in 2016, BioProducts Business is an open access journal that is a continuation of the former Journal of Forest Products Business Research. Published articles can be found here: https://biobus.dev.swst.org/index.php/bpbj/issue/archive
ISSN 2378-1394
Aims and Scope | Article Types | Important Metrics | Publication Process | Submit a Manuscript | Editorial Board | Open Access | Ethics | Retraction Guidelines | Contact Information | Read Past Articles
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BioBus is dedicated to advance theoretical and practical understanding of business topics related to a wide range of biomaterials and bioproducts that constitute the primary industry sectors of the bioeconomy, including a suite of offerings such as wood products, agricultural products, non-timber forest products and other ecosystem services. The journal publishes timely, rigorous, technically sound, and scientific manuscripts. It strives to disseminate new knowledge bridging the scientific and professional communities. By achieving these aims it is the top-tier, high impact journal in the field.
The journal welcomes empirical and theoretical contributions covering both the micro (firm level issues) and macro environments (issues spanning social, technical, economic, and policy domains) surrounding a wide range of businesses and enterprises focused on biomaterials, bioproducts, and affiliated services.
All accepted papers enhance knowledge covering domains such as marketing, management, international business, entrepreneurship, innovation, bioeconomy, strategy, business models, human resource management, sustainability, ownership, social and environmental justice, economic development, and policy.
BioProducts Business is listed in the NORWEGIAN REGISTER FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, SERIES AND PUBLISHERS as well as registered with Crossref.org where the articles’ DOI’s are managed.
The journal accepts three types of manuscripts – empirical, synthesis, and commentaries. All submitted scientific manuscripts should have a solid basis in theory and be supported by a meaningful set of background literature. Previously published manuscripts or manuscripts under review with other journals will not be accepted for review.
Empirical manuscripts: Data-based, quantitative or qualitative manuscripts are welcome.
Synthesis manuscripts: These are designed to consolidate knowledge in a particular research area. A thorough literature search and selection process should be carefully documented and justified. These manuscripts lead to a new understanding of existing knowledge and may include development of proposed frameworks or models to guide further research.
Commentaries: Communications in the form of research notes on published papers or viewpoints from readers on contemporary issues. These may also present methodological commentaries and work-in-process for constructive feedback from peers.
- Important Metrics as of January 1, 2022
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- Submissions since inception: 72
- Articles published since inception: 43
- Acceptance rate since inception: 61%
Submitted manuscripts are evaluated by the Editor for suitability and compliance with author instructions. Manuscripts failing to meet guidelines will be returned to author(s) for additional development. Submissions are through the online manuscript management system at: http://biobus.dev.swst.org/index.php/bpbj/login/. The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. After submission, authors will receive an automated notice from the online system. All revision processes are managed through the same system.
If appropriate, the Editor will initiate a double blind review process that includes one member of the Editorial Board and two reviewers deemed technically capable of such review. Reviewers’ recommendations comprise the basis for the Editor’s decision to accept or reject a manuscript, however, the final decision for acceptance lies solely with the Editor.
The review process will be conducted in a spirit of collegiality and fairness with an aim towards improving manuscripts. However, this will be balanced with maintenance of high standards for acceptance.
The current Editor of the journal is Pipiet Larasatie, University of Arkansas at Monticello. The Editorial Board consists of:
- Lyndall Bull, Forestry Officer, Sustainable Forest Products, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Italy
- Paola Cetera, Researcher, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) in Rome, Italy
- Rob Kozak, Professor, Sustainable Business Management, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Katja Lähtinen, Research Professor, Business Development and Economics, Natural Resources Institute of Finland
- Erlend Nybakk, Professor, School of Economics, Innovation and Technology, Kristiania University, Norway
- Rajat Panwar, Associate Professor, Sustainable Business Management, Appalachian State University, USA
- Henry Quesada, Professor and Extension Specialist, Virginia Tech, USA
- Anders Roos, Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- Steve Shook, Professor of Renewable Materials, University of Idaho, USA
- Cagatay Tasdemir, Assistant Professor, Forest Industry Engineering, Bursa Technical University, Turkey
- Ritva Toivonen, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Francisco Aguilar, Professor, Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Manuscripts published in the journal are open access and copyrighted according to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) which requires attribution to the author, but can be readily shared and adapted. BioProducts Business allows the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions.
Open access publishing is not without costs. These costs are defrayed through a one-time article processing fee of $600 (Authors from emerging countries are eligible for a fee of $200 – http://www.dev.swst.org/membership/list-emerging-countries/). This provides for immediate, global access to each article and covers all layout and web hosting costs. Any changes in this value are made by the SWST Board of Directors.
All BioBus articles are archived through the Public Knowledge Project platform (http://biobus.dev.swst.org/index.php/bpbj/issue/archive). All of their servers are located in Canada (Vancouver and Toronto). Their main data center is located in Vancouver, BC and their offsite disaster recovery servers are located in Toronto, ON. They provide onsite, versioned backups for all hosted clients with 4-hour, daily, weekly, and monthly data restore points. The servers are also mirrored offsite in Toronto, ON for emergency disaster recovery.
If due to unforeseen circumstances we are forced to stop publishing BioProducts Business, existing manuscripts will be perpetually kept online and accessible to the readers.
Ethics and Malpractice Statement, SWST Journals Wood & Fiber Science and BioProducts Business
The Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST) is committed to publishing and disseminating high-quality content. We subscribe to transparent, fair, and rigorous ethical standards. Publication ethics are a shared responsibility among the Society, its editors, authors, and reviewers. We expect all stakeholders to follow the ethics and malpractice principles described below. These principles are closely aligned with COPE’s (Committee on Publication Ethics) Core Practices document.
Editor, Editorial Board, and Society Staff Responsibilities
Editors determine if a manuscript will be published. That decision must be made based on the merits of the manuscript without consideration of the author’s race, gender, religious or political beliefs, ethnicity, or citizenship.
Confidentiality – Information about submitted manuscripts will be shared only with the corresponding author, reviewers, editorial board members, or SWST staff/contractors.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest – Editors will recuse themselves from handling submissions in which they have a real or perceived conflict of interest with the authors or entities associated with the manuscript. In the case of a conflict of interest, the manuscript will be handled by another Editor or an Editorial Board member. Editors/Editorial Board members will not use unpublished information without the explicit written consent from the authors.
Allegations of Misconduct, Complaints and/or Appeals – Any allegations of misconduct, complaints and/or appeals should be communicated directly to the Executive Director of SWST. The Executive Director will lead an investigation in cooperation with the Journal Editorial Board to assess the situation and propose proper resolution.
Reviewer Responsibilities – Reviewers assist the Editor in reaching a publishing decision by judging the quality/suitability of a manuscript. They also assist author(s) in improving the quality/suitability of a manuscript.
Qualification – Reviewers should only agree to review manuscripts that they are reasonably qualified to evaluate.
Timeliness – Reviewers should only agree to review if they can do so in a timely manner, as defined by the Editor.
Confidentiality – Reviewers must treat all manuscripts as confidential. Nothing about manuscripts should be shared with others without written approval from the Editor.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest – Reviewers will not accept review of manuscripts in which they have a real or perceived conflict of interest with the authors or entities associated with the manuscript.
Objectivity – Reviewers must maintain objectivity in their manuscript assessments and critiques should be supported by logical arguments, literature, and/or data.
Acknowledgment of sources – Reviewers should identify critical work that is not cited in the manuscript. Reviewers should identify substantial similarity or overlap (plagiarism) between the manuscript under consideration and any other published work.
Author Responsibilities – Authors must accurately report the conducted work and provide an objective discussion of significance. Manuscripts must contain sufficient detail and references to allow replication of the work. It is unethical to provide fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements.
Data access and retention – Authors must ensure accessibility of their data for at least ten years after publication (assuming participant confidentiality or legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude this).
Originality, plagiarism, and acknowledgment of sources – Authors must submit only original work that appropriately cites or quotes others.
Research involving human subjects – Authors are responsible for conducting ethical research with respect to work involving human subjects. Authors may be asked to provide documentation from their institutional review board (or equivalent body).
Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publication – Manuscripts describing the same research should not be published more than once. Concurrent submission of a manuscript is unethical and unacceptable. Manuscripts previously published as copyrighted material cannot be submitted. Manuscripts from theses/dissertations may be an exception to the previous statement.
Acknowledgment of sources – Careful and appropriate acknowledgment must be given for others’ work. Authors should cite sources that were influential in creation of the reported work.
Authorship of the paper – Only individuals who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the work should be listed as authors. Conversely, all individuals making significant contributions must be listed as authors. Other individuals can be acknowledged as contributors. The corresponding author must assure that co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest – Authors must disclose conflict of interest that might be perceived to influence their results or interpretation. All sources of financial support must be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published articles – In the event that an author discovers a significant error in their published work, they must immediately notify the Editor and cooperate to formulate a retraction/correction. If the Editor learns that a published article contains an alleged significant error, the author must cooperate with the Editor to formulate a retraction/correction or provide the Editor with evidence that there is no significant error.
Enquiries: Executive Director – execdir@dev.swst.org
BioProducts Business follows Retraction Guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics. Examples of reasons for retraction include clear evidence of unreliable findings, plagiarism, unethical research, and previous publication. Notices of retraction will be linked directly to the article in question indicating, among other things, who is retracting the article and for what reason.
Dr. Pipiet Larasatie, Editor
BioProducts Business
Larasatie@uamont.edu
Executive Director
Society of Wood Science and Technology
P.O. Box 6155
Monona, WI 53716-6155
execdir@dev.swst.org