Báo cáo sinh học: Several aspects of Journal of Biology seem to have caught readers' attention since issue 1 appeared this summer

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học Journal of Biology đề tài: Several aspects of Journal of Biology seem to have caught readers’ attention since issue 1 appeared this summer.
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Báo cáo sinh học: "Several aspects of Journal of Biology seem to have caught readers’ attention since issue 1 appeared this summer" Journal BioMed Central of BiologyEditorialPublished: 8 November 2002Journal of Biology 2002, 1:6The electronic version of this article is thecomplete one and can be found online athttp://jbiol.com/content/1/2/6© 2002 BioMed Central Ltd ISSN 1475-4924Several aspects of Journal of Biology seem information, much as GenBank has each contain only one keynote researchto have caught readers’ attention since done for DNA sequences. The current article and its associated commentaries.issue 1 appeared this summer. Some of restrictions on access, use, and distribu- To date, Journal of Biology hasthe questions asked have arisen suffi- tion put in place by most journals - declined tens of articles for every one itciently often to be worth addressing even those that offer copyright to has published. This is because we arehere. In summary, the journal differs authors while in fact denying them per- committed to publishing only thefrom other top-tier journals in four mission to distribute their article - will most significant research. The chal-main ways. First, and most impor- seriously impede the development and lenge is to convince scientists with antantly, no fee will ever be charged to comprehensiveness of central archives. important story to tell to try Journal ofreaders of the research articles, and Journal of Biology differs in a second Biology instead of their usual preferredthe authors retain full copyright, so way from some of the best-known journal. We have met enthusiasm forthat the articles can be freely read and high-profile journals with which it open-access publishing, and for Journaldistributed by anyone, from the day aims to compete. Its reviewing process of Biology, across the board, from stu-of publication onwards, in per- is designed to be as fast, fair, and con- dents to Nobel laureates, and at allpetuity. This is the ‘open access’ structive as possible. Decisions are levels in between. The merits of openpolicy of all of the journals published made jointly by a scientist as editor-in- access, the wide dissemination of eachby BioMed Central, which is currently chief and a professional editor. No article, and the usefulness of the asso-the only publisher that is wholly submitted article is rejected without ciated commentaries, result in eachcommitted to the principles of open- advice from a relevant scientist, and paper published in Journal of Biologyaccess publishing. fashion is not a consideration. And at having unparalleled impact. Why not Why is the immediate free use and least one of three peer-reviewers for make 2003 the year you discover thedistribution of the entire article so each article is chosen from a list benefits of publishing in Journal ofimportant? Not only is it possible and supplied by the authors. Biology for yourself?desirable, but it benefits both scientists The third difference comes fromand science; restrictions on use and dis- our commitment to maximize the Martin Raff, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Biology Theodora Bloom, Editor, Journal of Biologytribution serve publishers, not scientists impact of the research we publish. Peter Newmark, Editorial Director, BioMedor readers. Open access also allows full Each research article is accompanied Centralarchiving and retrieval. Extensive efforts by commissioned commentaries. Weare being made to create public archives aim for the most effective presentation E-mail: editorial@jbiol.comof the scientific literature, containing of data, both online and in print, andcomplete copies of all scientific papers. the print issue is distributed free of(PubMed Central is one example of charge to over 80,000 life scientists. Editor’s notethis, and all research articles published Finally, we do not wait for a thre ...