Biomedicine and Prevention partners with Life Science Editors to provide dedicated services (and at a reduced price) for manuscripts under consideration at Biomedicine & Prevention

REVIEWERS RECOGNITION PROGRAM

At Biomedicine & Prevention, we recognise that reviewers invest a great amount of their time and knowledge, in the peer-review process. For this reason we think is important to thank them. To show our appreciation, we’ve created a certificate of recognition to serve as a formal acknowledgement of reviewer’s role in the peer review-process of the journal. Reviewers can request the certificate to Biomedicine & Prevention office, which can be included in their CV.

Terms of Service

Welcome to our platform, meant to make available to the general public medical articles relevant to the topics covered by our journal “Biomedicine and Prevention”. Please take a moment to read carefully these terms and conditions of use (hereinaferm the “TOS”). Piccin Nuova Libraria S.p.A. ("PNL") has set up this platform to allow users to upload and share scientific essays and articles (the “Platform”). Please consult our Privacy Policy, which may be found at the following link, and which is incorporated by reference into these TOS. These TOS govern the user’s access and use of the Plaform, and represents the agreement between PNL and the user.

1. Definitions

“Author” means a person who registers to the Platform, thereby being entitled to upload and submit a Work to the Platform, that, further to a review by the Editorial Board, may be made available through the Platform upon payment of the Service Fee.

“Academic Editors” means experts in the various topics of life sciences, prevention and health promotion covered by the Journal, appointed by the Editor in Chief and the Editorial Board to review each Work. Academic Editors will in their turn appoint the proper Reviewer who will suggest reviews, amendments and corrections to the Work,

“Editor in Chief” means the editorial director of the Journal, and the chief of the Editorial Board. Editor in Chief will personally appoint the members of the Editorial Board. Jointly with the Editorial Board, the Editor in Chief will select the Academic Editors to be appointed with the review of each Work. In furtherance to the peer review process, the Editor in Chief will decide if the Work is deemed of interest for the Journal or not. The current Editor in Chief of the Journal is Professor Leonardo Palombi.

“Editorial Board” means a committee of experts in the subject area, selected by the Editor in Chief of the Journal, who will be tasked with the selection of the Academic Editors for the review of each Work.

“Journal” means the on-line publication named “Biomedicine and Prevention”, with ISSN 2531-8543.

“Reviewer” means an expert in the various topics of life sciences, prevention and health promotion covered by the Journal who will be tasked with the review of a Work by the appointed Academic Editor.

“Service Fee” means the consideration an Author pays to PNL for the submission, the subsequent review by the Editorial Board, the editing and the circulation of a Work through the Platform.

“User” means a person who access the Platform and/or consults or uses its articles and accompanying materials.

“Work” means any literary work of authorship, uploaded and submitted to the Platform, including any content licensed from third parties;

The User and/or the Author acknowledges and agrees that, by accessing or using the Platform or by downloading or submitting any content to the Platform, he/she is indicating that he/she has read, and that he/she agrees to be committed by these TOS.

Failure to agree with these TOS, the access to the Platform shall be discontinued. If User/Author accepts or agrees to these TOS on behalf of a company, university or other legal entity, he/she represents and warrants that he/she is duly authorized and empowered by that company, university or other legal entity to use the Platform and comply with these TOS.

2. Registration of an Author account

In order to access the features of the Platform and to upload any Work to the Platform, any User must register and create an account (the “Account”). The registration process shall be completed directly via the Platform. During the registration process, User will be required to provide certain information and to choose a convenient username and password to set up his/her Author account. The relevant username of the Author account will correspond to the e-mail address provided during the registration process.
User agrees to provide accurate, updated and complete information during the registration process, and to keep such information accurate, updated and complete.
PNL reserves the right to suspend or terminate any account whose information is proved to be inaccurate, not up-to-date or incomplete. Author is the sole responsible for the safeguard of the chosen password. Author shall not disclose the password to any third party. User agrees and acknowledges he will be liable for any activity or action carried out under his/her Account, whether or not authorized. User shall promptly notify PNL of any unauthorized access and/or use of the Account.
User agrees and acknowledges that PNL is entitled to use and circulate through the Internet the personal data of the Author (namely, the Author’s name and surname, company name and job description), for the purposes of the publication of the Work.

3. Subject of the Work

Any Work which will be submitted to the Platform must focus on topics related to life sciences, and in particular to prevention and health promotion. PNL reserves the right not to submit to the review of the Editorial Board, edit and publish Works whose main focus falls outside the range of the topics covered by the Journal.
Each User must properly acknowledge and quote the sources of any Work.

4. Form-filling and review-upload process

In order to access the features of the Platform and to submit any Work to the Platform, Author must fill in the relevant form to upload a Work.
If Author decides to register through the relevant form, Author hereby consents to PNL’s access and collection of Author’s personal information.
Author shall provide accurate, current and complete information during the filling process.
Once uploaded through the Platform, the Work will be subject to a review by the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board will appoint the proper Academic Editor, who in his/her turn will task a Reviewer of the review of the Work.
By uploading the Work through the Platform, Author undertakes not to license, transfer, publish or make any use of the Work until the completion of the review process.
Once completed the review process:
(i) should the Editor in Chief and/or the Editorial Board deem the Work of interest for the Journal, the Author be informed and he/she shall download the assignment agreement from the following link: for a single Author; for more then one Author, shall insert all required information (Name, full address, Work ID and so on), shall sign the agreement (on every page), save it in pdf format and return it by e-mail to PNL to the following address (info@biomedicineandprevention.com). After the receipt of the signed agreement and after the receipt of the payment of the Service Fee, PNL will forward to the Author the relevant invoice for the Service Fee.
The standard Service Fee for each Work amounts to Euro 500.00. Discounts could be exceptionally granted at the discretion of the Editor in Chief. After receiving the payment, PNL will make the Work available through the Platform.
PNL reserves the right to amend, modify for formatting purposes, edit, adapt the Work, its layout and its graphic visualization for the purposes of its publishing on the Platform.
After such review, the Work will be forwarded by PNL to the Author for his/her final approval prior to the upload of the Work. In case Author fails to provide PNL with an answer within 15 days from the date of receipt of the review of Work, his/her silence will be interpreted as an approval to the publishing of the reviewed version of the Work on the Platform;
(ii) in case the Editor in Chief and/or the Editorial Board does not find the Work of interest for the Journal, it shall inform in writing the Author of its decision: upon receipt of such notice, the Author shall be free to license, transfer, publish or make any use of the Work.

5. Warranties on the Work

The Author agrees and acknowledges that she/he is the sole responsible for any Work made available through the Platform.
Accordingly, Author represents and warrants that:
(i) either he/she is the sole author and exclusive owner of the Work made available through the Platform, it being an original literary work, or that he/she has all rights, licenses, consents and releases necessary to upload and share the Work on the Platform, as contemplated under these TOS;
(ii) should the Work include any picture or image or other graphic element, either he/she is the sole author and exclusive owner of the rights in that picture, image or graphic element, or that he/she has all rights, licenses, consents and releases necessary to include such elements in his/her Work (including releases and authorisations from the employer of the Author or the academic institution he/she belongs to, as the case may be);
(iii) neither the Work nor the Author’s posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Work or PNL’s use of the Work (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Platform will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s, copyright, industrial or trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights;
(iv) the Work does not result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation and in particular without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing with data protection laws;
(v) neither the Work nor the Author’s posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Work breaches any contractual obligation including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any confidentiality obligation the Author has entered into with third parties.

Should the Author become aware of claims arising from the publishing of any Work on the Platform, he/she shall promptly inform PNL in writing of such claims.
In the event of claims, disputes or controversies on the ownership of the rights in the Work and/or on the right to use the Work by Author and/or his/her successors and/or on the lawfulness of the assignment of the Work to PNL and/or on the publishing of the Work on the Platform, Author shall indemnify and hold harmless PNL from any such claim in and out of Court, and shall reimburse any cost borne by PNL for reimbursement of damages, legal fees, penalties, royalties etc.
The Author agrees and acknowledges that under no circumstance this assignment of copyright shall be interpreted as a publishing contract.

6. Declaration and warranty

Author declares and warrants that any Work uploaded to the Platform is not licensed, assigned or transferred to any third party.

7. Sharing the Work

Users have the opportunity – and are encouraged to – share the Work on social networks and other social media (except for pages, blogs, websites and social networks controlled by competitors of PNL) pursuant to a Creative Commons CC-BY- NC-ND license. Thus, Users are entitled to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, but in doing so they must always give the appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made to the Work. Users may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that PNL endorses User and/or User’s use of the Work. Users shall not use the Work for commercial purpose, and they are not entitled to distribute the Work in case they have amended, modified or transformed the Work.

8. Amendments

PNL reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the Platform, and these TOS, at its own discretion, at any time and without prior notice. Should PNL modify these TOS, a notice of the modification will be posted on the Platform. By continuing to access or use the Platform after a modification has been posted on the Platform, User or Author indicates that he agrees to be committed the modified TOS. If User or Author does not agree with the modified TOS, he/she shall cease using the Platform.

9. Privacy

Author is invited to consult PNL Privacy Policy for information and notices concerning PNL’s collection and use of personal information.

10. Ownership of the Platform

The Platform is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of Italy and foreign countries. User and/or Author hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Platform, and the associated intellectual property rights, are the exclusive property of PNL and its licensors.
PNL authorizes Users and/or Authors to access and use the Platform, to download, view and print any Work, solely for personal and non-commercial purposes.
Any User shall not use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, or otherwise exploit the Works, except as expressly permitted in these TOS.

11. Termination

PNL reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to discontinue or terminate the Platform and to terminate these TOS, at any time and without prior notice.

12. No warranty

No provision of these TOS shall be interpreted as any warranty, either express or implied, granted by PNL.

13. Indemnity

User/Author undertakes to defend, indemnify, and hold PNL, its officers, directors, employees and agents, affiliates and controlled companies, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with User/Author’s use of the Platform and Author’s uploading of any Work, or User/Author’s breaches of these TOS.

14. Limitation of Liability

The User/Author agrees and acknowledges that the entire risk arising from the access and use of the Platform and from the uploading/downloading of the Works shall remain with the User/Author, to the maximum extent permitted by law. PNL shall not be liable for any damage which may result from the use and/or the inability to use the Platform or from the access to any Work.

15. Notices

Any notices or other communications relating to these TOS shall be in writing and given by PNL via email or by posting a notice to the Platform.

16. Contacts

For any inquiry about the present TOS, please contact PNL at info@biomedicineandprevention.com

17. Governing Law and Exclusive Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by the laws of Italy. The Court of Venice shall have exclusive jurisdiction for any controversy arising from these Terms.