Accessibility

Last updated: 25 October 2026

Direct Sciences wants the Journal of Bio-Molecular Sciences (JBMS) website to be usable by as many people as possible, including people who use screen readers, keyboards, magnifiers or small screens. We aim to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA, where this is practical.

What we have done

  • Every page has a "Skip to main content" link and a clear heading structure.
  • The site can be used with a keyboard, and the keyboard focus is visible.
  • The layout adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and text can be enlarged in the browser without losing content.
  • Text and background colours are chosen for strong contrast.
  • Images, such as issue covers and the logo, have alternative text.
  • Movement on the site is small, and it is switched off for visitors whose device is set to reduce motion.

Known limitations

  • This site has not yet had a formal accessibility audit by an outside specialist, so we cannot claim full conformance.
  • Article PDFs come from the authors and the editorial office. Some older PDFs may be scanned images, may have no tagged structure, or may have figures without text descriptions, so a screen reader may not read them well.
  • Parts of the login and editorial screens come from the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software, and we depend on its developers for some fixes.

Tell us about a problem

If you cannot use a page or a PDF, please write to directsciences@gmail.com and tell us the page address and what went wrong. We will try to give you the content in another form, such as a text version of an article, and we will use your report to improve the site.

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