Biology Open
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| title = Biology Open
| cover = Cover of Biology Open, volume 8, issue 4 (2019).jpg
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| abbreviation = Biol. Open
| discipline = Biology
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| editor = [https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/daniel-gorelick-22208 Daniel Gorelick]
| publisher = The Company of Biologists
| country = United Kingdom
| history = 2011–present
| frequency = Monthly
| openaccess = Yes
| license = CC BY
| impact-year = 2022
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| eISSN = 2046-6390
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| LCCN = 2012243267
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| website = https://journals.biologists.com/bio
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| link2 = https://www.biologists.com/
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Biology Open (BiO) is an online-only peer-reviewed Open Access scientific journal published by The Company of Biologists. It was launched in 2011 and publishes research across the breadth of the biological and biomedical sciences.{{Cite web|url=https://bio.biologists.org/content/about#about|title=About Biology Open|last=|first=|date=|website=Biology Open. The Company of Biologists.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019080643/http://bio.biologists.org:80/content/about |archive-date=2015-10-19 |access-date=}} Biology Open is partnered with Publons, is part of the [https://www.reviewcommons.org/ Review Commons] initiative and has two-way integration with bioRxiv.{{Cite web|url=https://bio.biologists.org/content/news|title=News|last=|first=|date=|website=Biology Open. The Company of Biologists.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221162634/http://bio.biologists.org:80/content/news |archive-date=2016-02-21 |access-date=}}
Content
Biology Open publishes Research articles, Methods & Techniques papers, [https://journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/meetingreview Meeting Reviews] and [https://journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/reviews Future Leader Reviews].
The journal operates on a continuous publication model. The final version of record is immediately released online as soon as it is ready.
All papers are published as Open Access articles under the CC-BY licence.{{Cite web|url=https://bio.biologists.org/content/about#online|title=BiO Online|last=|first=|date=|website=Biology Open. The Company of Biologists.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019080643/http://bio.biologists.org:80/content/about |archive-date=2015-10-19 |access-date=}}
Abstracting and indexing
Biology Open is abstracted and/or indexed by:{{Cite web|url=https://bio.biologists.org/content/about#metrics|title=Journal metrics|last=|first=|date=|website=Biology Open. The Company of Biologists.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019080643/http://bio.biologists.org:80/content/about |archive-date=2015-10-19 |access-date=}}
It is a member of OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) and is indexed in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).
Biology Open is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
Management
The founding editor-in-chief was Jordan Raff, from 2011-2018.{{Cite journal|url=https://bio.biologists.org/content/1/1/1|title=Biology Open (BiO) – making life easier for us all|last=Raff|first=Jordan|journal=Biology Open|year=2012|volume=1|issue=1|page=1|doi=10.1242/bio.2011002|pmid=23213360|pmc=3507163|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite journal|url=https://bio.biologists.org/content/7/8/bio037317|title=Lessons learned: eight years at the helm of Biology Open|last=Raff|first=Jordan|journal=Biology Open|year=2018|volume=7|issue=8|doi=10.1242/bio.037317|pmid=30154107|pmc=6124572|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
[http://www.stevekellylab.com/ Steven Kelly] was the Editor-in-Chief 2018-2023.{{Cite web|url=https://bio.biologists.org/content/edboard|title=Editors and Board|last=|first=|date=|website=Biology Open. The Company of Biologists.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010150914/http://bio.biologists.org:80/content/edboard |archive-date=2015-10-10 |access-date=}}{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/7/8/bio037325/2159/The-continuing-evolution-of-publishing-in-the|title=The continuing evolution of publishing in the biological sciences|last=Kelly|first=Steven|journal=Biology Open|year=2018|volume=7|issue=8|doi=10.1242/bio.037325|pmid=30154108|pmc=6124566|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
Steve launched the Future Leader and A Year at the Forefront Reviews initiative, designed to help early-career researchers establish themselves in their field.
The Directors of The Company of Biologists appointed [https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/daniel-gorelick-22208 Daniel Gorelick] Editor-in-Chief in July 2023.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://bio.biologists.org/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110223001535/http://www.biologists.com/web/index.html The Company of Biologists website]
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