About the Journal
Aim and Scope
Biologia-Pakistan publishes the original research findings covering a variety of basic and applied biological aspects including, Systematics and Biodiversity, Environmental Biology and Conservation, Organismal Biology and Behavioral Biology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Immunology and Toxicology, Fisheries and Limnology, Evolution and Paleontology, Wildlife and Ecology, Entomology and Vector Biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology and Various Aspects of plant and allied sciences such as, Phycology, Mycology, Morphology, Physiology.
Editor in Chief
Prof. Dr. Azizullah
GC University Lahore Pakistan
ISSN (Print)
0006-3096
ISSN (Online)
2313-206X
Frequency
2 times in a year
Launch Date
January 1955
Publication Fee
Rs. 2000/- (in advance) as paper processing fee and Rs. 1000 per page as paper publishing charges.
Indexed By
Sherpa Romeo, Google Scholar, CABI
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History
Biologia-Pakistan is an official journal of the Biological Society of Pakistan.
Biological Society of Pakistan is a pioneer scientific body of life sciences in Pakistan and is engaged in the promotion of learning and research in biology in the region which has been acknowledged at global scale in terms of contribution in classical as well as in emerging modern technological aspects of the biological sciences.
The society was started with a charter having the following objectives:
The society shall be called Biological Society of Pakistan.
The head quarter of the society shall be located in Biological Laboratories of Government College, Lahore, Pakistan.
The object of the society shall be promotion of the cause of Biological sciences in Pakistan
The society shall try to realize these objectives by :
The publication of the journal to be called, Pakistan Journal of Biology.
Holding meetings, seminars and congresses to discuss biological problems.
Creating facilities for original research in Biological sciences.
This society with the above charter was registered under Societies Act XXI of 1860 of the Punjab on 10th day of April, 1955. A total of 142 scientists from all over Pakistan were enrolled initially. Mian Afzal Hussain, was elected as the first president with DR. Nazir Ahmad, secretary and Mr. Sher Ahmad Lodhi, as its Treasurer. This society was mainly concerned with the promotion of learning and research in biology. However, in 1955, the scientists and teachers working in the department of Botany, Zoology, Government College, Lahore and that of Punjab University decided to rename the society as Biological Society of Pakistan and to publish a regular research journal. Dr. Ahsan-ul-Islam was assigned the job of framing the by laws of the society and Dr. M. Saleem was assigned the task of enrollment of the members of the society. Dr. Sultan Ahmad with Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad took over the responsibilities of looking after the publication of the journal.
