Biology Open

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Biology Open publishes Research articles, Methods & Techniques papers, Meeting Reviews and Future Leader Reviews. [2]

The journal operates on a continuous publication model. The final version of record is immediately released online as soon as it is ready. [2]

All papers are published as Open Access articles under the CC-BY licence. [4]

Abstracting and indexing

Biology Open is abstracted and/or indexed by: [5]

It is a member of OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) and is indexed in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). [5]

Biology Open is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). [5]

Management

The founding editor-in-chief was Jordan Raff, from 2011-2018. [6] [7]

Steven Kelly was the Editor-in-Chief 2018-2023. [8] [9]

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 Daniel Gorelick Editor-in-Chief in July 2023.

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