About the Journal
The Libyan Journal of Life Sciences (LJLS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published biannually in January and July. The journal advances applied research and innovation in medical technology and laboratory sciences, focusing on technologies that contribute to the prevention, diagnosis, monitoring, and management of disease.
LJLS publishes original research articles and review articles that integrate biomedical sciences, engineering, informatics, and clinical laboratory practice. The journal emphasises methodological rigour, ethical research standards, scientific integrity, and clear relevance to healthcare delivery, diagnostic accuracy, clinical monitoring, and therapeutic applications.
Aims & Scope
Advancing Applied Science in Medical Technology
The Libyan Journal of Life Sciences (LJLS) welcomes high-quality, original, and methodologically rigorous manuscripts that advance medical technology, laboratory sciences, and applied biomedical research. The journal prioritises studies with clear diagnostic, monitoring, therapeutic-support, technological, or clinical laboratory applications, as well as demonstrable relevance to healthcare delivery, public health, and patient outcomes.
LJLS considers original research articles and review articles that integrate biomedical sciences, laboratory medicine, engineering, biotechnology, health informatics, and clinical practice. Studies involving human participants, human specimens, clinical data, or patient-related technologies must comply with applicable ethical, regulatory, biosafety, data-protection, and reporting requirements.
Core Research Areas
Clinical Laboratory & Diagnostic Technologies
Research concerning the development, analytical and clinical validation, implementation, and application of laboratory methods and diagnostic technologies, including:
- Clinical biochemistry
- Haematology
- Immunology
- Medical microbiology
- Molecular diagnostics
- Clinical genomics
- Emerging laboratory-based diagnostic methods
- Laboratory quality management and performance evaluation
Laboratory Medicine & Medical Technology Practice
Applied research addressing the implementation, evaluation, optimisation, and quality improvement of laboratory and medical technology services, including:
- Implementation and standardisation of laboratory services
- Evaluation of diagnostic and laboratory technologies
- Health technology assessment
- Cost-effectiveness and health-economic evaluation
- Laboratory workflow and service optimisation
- Safety, usability, and quality assurance
- Quality management systems and risk management
Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials & Biotechnology
Research applying engineering principles, biomaterials, nanotechnology, and biotechnology to clinically relevant problems, including:
- Biomaterials and nanotechnology
- Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- Drug-delivery systems
- Diagnostic and therapeutic biotechnology
- Biomedical engineering tools and technologies
- Preclinical and translational research
- Technologies with diagnostic, therapeutic-support, or monitoring applications
Medical Devices, Biosensors & Instrumentation
Research involving the design, development, analytical and clinical validation, and evaluation of technologies used for diagnosis, treatment support, and patient monitoring, including:
- Medical devices and laboratory instrumentation
- Biosensors and diagnostic sensors
- Physiological and biochemical monitoring systems
- Medical imaging technologies
- Image analysis and computer-assisted diagnostic methods
- Clinical evaluation of diagnostic and monitoring devices
- Device safety, usability, performance, and quality evaluation
Digital Health, Health Informatics & Data Science
Research applying digital technologies and computational methods to medical technology, laboratory medicine, and healthcare, including:
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Medical data science and biostatistics
- Digital health technologies
- Telemedicine and e-health systems
- Remote patient monitoring
- Telerehabilitation
- Health information systems
- Integration of digital technologies with diagnostic and laboratory services
- Data quality, interoperability, privacy, and security in healthcare
Mission
To advance applied research and innovation in medical technology and laboratory sciences by promoting rigorous, ethical, and clinically relevant research that contributes to improved diagnosis, disease monitoring, healthcare delivery, and patient outcomes.
Audience
LJLS serves researchers, academics, clinicians, laboratory professionals, biomedical engineers, healthcare practitioners, and students working across medical technology, laboratory medicine, biomedical sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, health informatics, and related applied disciplines.
Publication Frequency
LJLS is published biannually, with two regular issues each year, in January and July.
Indexing & Access
LJLS is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal providing free access to its published articles. The journal is committed to increasing the visibility, discoverability, and accessibility of its research through recognised scholarly indexing, abstracting, archiving, and persistent-identification services.
Submission Guidelines
The Libyan Journal of Life Sciences (LJLS) welcomes high-quality manuscripts that align with the journal's aims and scope and demonstrate scientific originality, methodological rigour, and clear relevance to medical technology, laboratory sciences, and applied biomedical research.
The journal considers original research articles and review articles that make meaningful scientific or practical contributions to medical technology, laboratory medicine, biomedical sciences, engineering, biotechnology, medical devices, health informatics, and related applied fields.
Manuscripts must be written clearly and concisely and should present scientifically sound methods, appropriate analyses, and conclusions supported by the findings. Studies involving human participants, human specimens, animals, or patient-related data must comply with relevant ethical, regulatory, and data-protection requirements and must include appropriate approval or consent statements, where applicable.
All submissions undergo an initial editorial assessment to determine their suitability for the journal and compliance with the submission requirements. Manuscripts that meet these criteria are subsequently evaluated through a rigorous double-anonymised peer-review process, in which the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from one another throughout the review process. This process is intended to support a fair, impartial, and objective assessment of each manuscript.
Manuscripts submitted to LJLS must be original, must not have been published previously, and must not be under consideration by another journal. Authors are responsible for ensuring that all submissions comply with the journal's policies on authorship, conflicts of interest, funding, research ethics, plagiarism, and the responsible use of artificial intelligence tools.
Journal History
The Libyan Journal of Life Sciences (LJLS) was previously published under the title Medical Technology Journal of Applied Science (MTJAS) during the period 2025–2026.
Following a substantial revision of the journal’s scope and editorial identity, the journal adopted its current title, Libyan Journal of Life Sciences (LJLS). The revised scope encompasses biomedical sciences, life sciences, laboratory sciences, and laboratory-based innovations relevant to healthcare.
Articles published under the former title remain part of the journal’s historical scholarly record and are preserved in the online archive. Under its current title, the journal continues to uphold rigorous peer-review practices, ethical publication standards, scientific integrity, and editorial quality.
Former Title: Medical Technology Journal of Applied Science (MTJAS)
Publication Period: 2025–2026
Former ISSN: 3080-4159
Current Title: Libyan Journal of Life Sciences (LJLS)
Current ISSN: To be assigned
