Subjects & Scope (IJHSB)

International Journal of High School Biology (IJHSB) is a prestigious, international, peer-reviewed journal for student research and scholarship across the full spectrum of the life sciences. We welcome submissions year-round from high school authors worldwide. Work may be experimental, computational, theoretical, or integrative—provided that biology is central, methods are sound, and conclusions are clearly supported by evidence.

Our scope spans theoretical biology, molecular and cellular biology, psychology–behavioral biology, and epidemics/infectious disease, as well as many adjacent, interdisciplinary areas at the interface with mathematics, physics, computer science, engineering, and public health. Submissions should be written in clear academic English, with sufficient methodological detail for reproducibility and appropriate, consistent referencing.

Popular and representative subject areas

1. Molecular & Cellular Biology (gene expression, signaling, cell cycle)
2. Genetics, Genomics & Epigenetics (population genetics, CRISPR, omics)
3. Biochemistry & Structural Biology (enzymes, proteins, macromolecular structure)
4. Systems & Theoretical Biology (models, networks, dynamical systems)
5. Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (sequencing analysis, algorithms)
6. Biophysics (biomolecules, membranes, mechanobiology)
7. Developmental Biology (patterning, regeneration, stem cells)
8. Microbiology & Virology (bacteria, archaea, phage, antiviral strategies)
9. Immunology (innate/adaptive immunity, vaccines, immune regulation)
10. Physiology (human and animal; cardiovascular, respiratory, renal)
11. Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology (learning, memory, sensory systems)
12. Psychology (Biology-adjacent)—cognitive/affective/health psychology when mechanisms or measurement are biologically grounded
13. Ecology (populations, communities, ecosystems, biogeochemistry)
14. Evolutionary Biology & Population Genetics (adaptation, speciation)
15. Conservation Biology & Biodiversity (threats, restoration, protected areas)
16. Marine & Freshwater Biology (oceanography interfaces, fisheries, limnology)
17. Plant Biology & Botany (physiology, stress biology, photosynthesis)
18. Zoology & Animal Behavior (ethology, communication, sociality)
19. Environmental Biology & Planetary Health (pollution, climate impacts)
20. Epidemiology, Infectious Disease & Public Health (outbreak analysis, modeling)
21. Pharmacology & Toxicology (drug action, safety, environmental toxicants)
22. Biotechnology & Synthetic Biology (genetic circuits, bio-design)
23. Bioengineering & Biomaterials (tissue engineering, biosensors)
24. Cancer Biology & Oncogenesis (cell cycle control, tumor microenvironment)
25. Endocrinology & Metabolism (hormones, diabetes, energy balance)
26. Microbiome & Nutrition Science (host–microbe interactions, diet effects)
27. Astrobiology & Origins of Life (prebiotic chemistry, extremophiles)
28. Biostatistics & Experimental Design (power, inference, reproducibility)
29. Diagnostics & Biomedical Imaging (assays, microscopy, medical imaging)
30. Bioethics, Policy & Science Communication (ethics of research, risk, outreach)

Interdisciplinary submissions (e.g., math-biology models, physics-inspired biophysics, computer-science-driven bioinformatics, psychology projects with biological measurement) are encouraged when the biological question and interpretation are central.

What we value: clarity of writing, transparent methods, appropriate statistics, ethical compliance (including approvals/consent where needed), and consistent referencing (any standard style is acceptable—APA, Chicago, Vancouver—so long as one style is used uniformly throughout the manuscript).

If your topic is not listed but is biologically grounded, please submit or contact the editors. This list is meant to guide, not limit, our scope.