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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><b><span style="color:red">PRESS RELEASE THURSDAY 28 APRIL</span></b><b></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left"><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left"><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Royal Society launches groundbreaking new journal <i>Open Biology</i></font></b></p>
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<span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">The Royal Society today announces the launch of <i>Open Biology</i>, a 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. </font></span></p>
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<span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">The new journal will publish original, high quality, research in cell biology, developmental and structural biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, immunology, microbiology and genetics. It will be overseen by a team of academic Subject Editors with support from<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>an international Editorial Board. Subject Editors include Professor Peter Parham FRS, Stanford University and Professor David Glover FRS, Cambridge University.<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>The launch complements the Royal Society’s existing hybrid, optional open access journals and open access-friendly policies. </font></span></p>
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<span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society said “<i>Open <span style="color:#1F497D">B</span>iology</i> is an exciting new open-access journal covering a wide range of cellular and molecular biology. The Royal Society is a strong supporter of open-access publishing and is pleased to launch its new journal which will draw on the high standards of the Society over its 350 year history of scientific publishing.”</font></span></p>
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<span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">The funding required to make <i>Open Biology</i> open access will derive from article-processing charges, which will cover the expenses associated with peer review, composition, hosting, and archiving. A Call for Papers will be issued in July and the first article published in Autumn 2011.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">For media requests or further information please contact:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Daisy Barton</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%">
<b><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Assistant Press Officer</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">The Royal Society</font></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Notes to editors:</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> </font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span style="line-height:150%"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span style="line-height:150%">Open Biology</span></i><span style="line-height:150%"> 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 <i>Open Biology</i> open access will derive from article-processing charges. These will cover the expenses associated with peer review, composition, hosting, and archiving. More details and updates will be available from April 28 at <a href="http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org</span></a>. </span></font></p>
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<font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span style="line-height:150%"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:150%">The Royal Society</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:150%"> 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</span><span style="line-height:150%">:</span></font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Invest in future scientific leaders and in innovation</font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Influence policymaking with the best scientific advice</font></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Increase access to the best science internationally</font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Inspire an interest in the joy, wonder and excitement of scientific discovery</font></span></li>
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<font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span style="line-height:150%">For further information please visit </span><a href="http://royalsociety.org" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:150%">http://royalsociety.org</span></a><span style="line-height:150%;color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">. </span><span style="line-height:150%">Follow the Royal Society on Twitter at<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/royalsociety" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:150%">http://twitter.com/royalsociety</span></a><span style="line-height:150%"> or on Facebook at </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theroyalsociety" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:150%">http://www.facebook.com/theroyalsociety</span></a><span style="line-height:150%"> .</span></font></p>
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