Biology Open

Biology Open  
Discipline Biology
Language English
Edited by Steven Kelly
Publication details
Publication history
 2012–present
Publisher
Frequency 12/year
Yes
License CC-BY
2.217
Standard abbreviations
Biol. Open
Indexing
ISSN 2046-6390
Links

Biology Open (BiO) is an online-only open access scientific journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research across all aspects of the biological sciences, including cell science, developmental biology and experimental biology.

Indexing

Biology Open is abstracted and/or indexed (amongst others) by: Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Thomson ISI, PubMed Central and Scopus. BiO’s publisher is a member of OASPA (the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) and the journal is indexed in the DOAJ (the Directory of Open Access Journals).

Publisher

Biology Open is published by The Company of Biologists, a UK not-for-profit publisher of the international biological journals Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology and Disease Models & Mechanisms.

History

The Company of Biologists looked to address some big issues in publishing through the launch of its new journal Biology Open.[1] The Company saw that some authors had a problem finding homes for papers that were sound, but lacked perceived impact. BiO was also launched with the aims of rapid publication for scientifically sound observations and to reduce reviewer fatigue in the community.

BiO was launched in July 2012,[2] including an editorial about the launch of the journal.[3] The first issue went live in January 2012. The Editor in Chief is Jordan Raff.

References

  1. ↑ "Biology Open: a new OA journal from the Company of Biologists". blog.europepmc.org. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  2. ↑ Press release "Announcing BIOLOGY OPEN from the Company of Biologists" (Retrieved 28 April 2011)
  3. ↑ Raff, Jordan "Biology Open (BiO) – making life easier for us all". Biology Open 2012 1:1. doi:10.1242/bio.2011002 (Retrieved 10 July 2012)


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