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  1. What are the selection criteria for Open Biology?

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What is the selection criteria for Open Biology?

Open Biology is an online journal that welcomes original, high quality research in cell and developmental biology, molecular and structural biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, immunology, microbiology and genetics.

The criteria for acceptance are:

  • Original, high quality research of broad interest

  • Compliance with appropriate ethical standards

  • Experimental protocols/procedure and statistical analysis performed to a high technical standard

For more information please read the About the journal page.

Where can I find information about article processing charges?

Information on charges and waivers can be in found in our Article Processing Charges FAQs

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How are Open Biology articles published and archived?

Along with all Royal Society journals, we are committed to electronic archiving and providing perpetual access - see our Digital Preservation policy

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How should Open Biology be cited?

Scientist A., Scientist B. 2011 Article title. Open Biol. 6:110123. (doi:10.1098/rsob.110123)

Article published in Open Biology are immediately citable when published online.

The latter part of the citation is derived from the article identifier in the Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

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What is the DOI?

The DOI is a unique, permanent code assigned any digital item such as a journal article. Since 1999, each article published in Royal Society journals has been assigned a unique DOI. The DOI is used by many of the major science publishers and has become an industry standard. Each DOI is assigned and maintained in a central registry managed by the International DOI Foundation. Utilising a DOI, a referenced article can be electronically located -the DOI is resolved to find the current URL of the item.

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How do I seek permission to reproduce material from Open Biology?

No permission is required from the authors/publisher so long as the original authors and source are cited.

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What is the journal's Publishing Ethics Policy?

The Royal Society has a detailed publishing ethics policy

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Is publication in Open Biology compatible with my funding body's requirements?

Our open access policies are fully compliant with the requirements of the Wellcome Trust, NIH, MRC, NERC, STFC, ESRC, EPSRC, BBSRC and a number of other funding bodies.

Note: to conform to some mandates authors are required to take the gold route (i.e. open access funded by article processing charges). Authors should ensure that they have funds available prior to article submission. Please see here for more information.

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What is your policy on copyright?

Authors publishing in Open Biology can disseminate their articles under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence, allowing them to post the final published version on repositories as soon as the article is published.

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For more information please contact openbiology@royalsociety.org

 

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