About the Journal
The Medical and Biomedical Journal (MBJ) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Copperbelt University through the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Research and Innovation. MBJ provides a dedicated platform for the dissemination of original research and scholarship across the biomedical sciences, life sciences, and medicine.
The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, short communications, and case studies. Its scope encompasses a broad range of health and life-science disciplines, including surgery and clinical medicine; HIV and AIDS; public and community health; obstetrics and gynaecology; child and maternal health; pathology and laboratory medicine; epidemiology and disease control; anatomy and physiology; microbiology and parasitology; and pharmacology, among other related fields. Drawing on the combined expertise of the Schools of Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Natural Resources, MBJ encourages research that bridges laboratory science, clinical practice, and population health.
Every submission undergoes a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to safeguard academic integrity, scientific quality, and ethical soundness. MBJ adheres to internationally recognised publication-ethics standards, including the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The journal is fully open access: all articles are freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, authors retain copyright of their work, and no submission or publication charges are levied. MBJ publishes four issues per year.
By promoting rigorous, ethically sound, and locally relevant health research, MBJ aims to strengthen the evidence base for medical practice and public-health policy in Zambia and the wider region, and to contribute to the global advancement of the biomedical and life sciences.
