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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font size="3" color="#006E51"><b>Announcing the launch of a new open access journal from the Royal Society</b></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u><i>Open Biology</i></u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><i>
</i></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">is a new, fast, open access journal covering biology at the molecular and cellular level. This selective, online Royal Society journal will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research in cell biology;
developmental and structural biology; molecular biology; biochemistry; neuroscience; immunology; microbiology; and genetics. The criteria for acceptance will be scientific excellence, importance and originality. <br>
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Importantly, the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Open Biology </i></font><a href="http://royalsocietypublishing.org/site/openbiology/editorial_board.xhtml" target="_blank"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Editors and Editorial Board</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
are practising scientists who aim to provide a journal that will serve their respective communities. They will actively engage in identifying excellent papers, selecting referees and steering the overall direction of the journal. Our intention is to publish
research of the highest quality and to ensure a fair and speedy review process without recourse to unnecessary rounds of revision. Articles will include a minimum of supplementary material, presented separately from the main text.
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Author benefits include:</font></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> rapid publication in a Royal Society journal </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> rigorous and constructive peer-review </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> immediate open access </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> e-only continuous publication model, which allows immediate citation of articles </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> author retention of copyright and liberal reuse rights via Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC by 3.0) </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> publisher deposit of articles in PubMedCentral </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> information on individual article downloads </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> high levels of author service and support </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> media promotion of articles </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Symbol, serif">·</font> free online colour<br>
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If you would like your research peer-reviewed fairly, published rapidly and disseminated widely, please <a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rsob" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF"><u>submit</u></font></a> your next research article to <i>Open Biology. </i>For further
information on the journal, browse the <i>Open Biology </i><a href="http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF"><u>web pages</u></font></a> or contact <a href="mailto:openbiology@royalsociety.org" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Victoria Millen</u></font></a>.<br>
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<i>Open Biology </i>represents the Royal Society's first fully open access journal. You can find out more about the Royal Society's policy on open access by visiting <a href="http://royalsocietypublishing.org/info/EXiS" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF"><u>our website</u></font></a>.</div>
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