[BOAI] Official launch of Open Biology

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the Royal Society.  --Peter Suber.]


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*World’s oldest scientific publisher breaks new ground with Open Biology****
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The Royal Society today celebrates the official launch of *Open Biology*, a
brand new open access journal covering research in cellular and molecular
aspects of biology. It is the Society’s first wholly open access and
online-only journal.****

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The new journal is publishing original, high quality, research in cell
biology, developmental and structural biology, molecular biology,
biochemistry, neuroscience, immunology, microbiology and genetics.  It is
overseen by a team of academic Subject Editors with support by an
international Editorial Board.  Professor David Glover FRS, Cambridge
University has been appointed Editor-in-Chief.  The launch complements the
Royal Society’s existing hybrid, optional open access journals and open
access-friendly policies. ****

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Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, said “I’m delighted that the
Royal Society is embarking upon such an exciting new publishing venture.  By
launching *Open Biology*, the Royal Society is demonstrating its strong
commitment to open access publishing.  We are continually looking at ways to
broaden access to science as much as possible, and the launch of *Open
Biology* is a logical progression in this respect.”****

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Editor-in-Chief David Glover FRS said: “It’s tremendously exciting to be at
the helm of such an innovative publishing project.  This is a wonderful
opportunity for cell and molecular biologists to participate more actively
in the publishing process and to make their findings widely accessible. I
 am confident that it will prove a great success for Royal Society
publishing.”****

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The journal’s official launch event is to be held on Monday 17 October, and
coincides with the publication of the journal’s first ever paper, in which
Steven Baker and colleagues use an innovative approach based on
high-resolution genotyping and GPS data to look at the transmission of
typhoid, with the results having profound implications for typhoid control.
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The funding required to make *Open Biology* open access will derive from
article-processing charges.****

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*For media requests or further information please contact:*****

*Daisy Barton*****

*Assistant Press Officer*****

*The Royal Society*****

*020 7451 2510 or
**daisy.barton at royalsociety.org*<daisy.barton at royalsociety.org>
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*Notes to editors:*****

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**·         ***Open Biology* will be published online on a continuous
publication model where articles are immediately citable.  Article-level
usage data and online archiving will be available.  Articles will be
published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution  Licence,
leaving copyright with the authors, but allow anyone to download, reuse,
reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles provided the original
authors and source are cited.  The funding required to make *Open Biology* open
access will derive from article-processing charges. These will cover the
expenses associated with peer review, composition, hosting, and archiving.
Please see http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org for more details.****

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**·         **A separate press release for Steven Baker et al’s paper is
available on request.  Please contact Daisy Barton (
daisy.barton at royalsociety.org / 02074512510).****

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**·         ***The Royal Society* is the UK’s national academy of science.
Founded in 1660, the Society has three roles, as a provider of independent
scientific advice, as a learned Society, and as a funding agency. Our
expertise is embodied in the Fellowship, which is made up of the finest
scientists from the UK and beyond.  Our goals are to:****

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   - Invest in future scientific leaders and in innovation****
      - Influence policymaking with the best scientific advice****
      - Invigorate science and mathematics education****
      - Increase access to the best science internationally****
      - Inspire an interest in the joy, wonder and excitement of scientific
      discovery****

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