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Dear BioOne Community,
It’s our favorite time of year – when BioOne distributes its annual royalty sharing to our community of society and independent publishing participants. Over the past two decades, BioOne has proudly returned more than $78 million to these partners, reinvesting in the scholarly ecosystem and supporting sustainable nonprofit publishing.
This commitment would not be possible without the unwavering support of the library community. BioOne Complete subscribers recognize that 64% of net subscription dollars are returned to stakeholders–not shareholders–enabling scientific research, conservation, and education efforts around the world. Now more than ever, this financial support is critical as small societies and journals navigate today’s developing challenges.
As we work together to sustain independent scientific communication, we also seek to magnify its impact. We are proud to recognize five exceptional early-career researchers as our 2025 BioOne Ambassador Award recipients for advancing public understanding in science. Dig into these award-winning submissions and help us celebrate the next generation of scientific communicators.
With appreciation,
Lauren Kane
President/CEO
Celebrating Early-Career Excellence in Science Communication
BioOne proudly announced the recipients of the 2025 BioOne Ambassador Award this April, recognizing exceptional early-career researchers who are making significant strides in science communication. These outstanding individuals are actively extending the reach of their research beyond traditional academic circles, fostering greater public understanding and appreciation of scientific discovery.
This year’s distinguished honorees represent diverse fields within the biological sciences:
Mya Daniels-Abdulahad – Humboldt Penguins: A Conservation Crisis; nominated by Wildlife Disease Association for research published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
Amarjeet Kaur – The Tale of Amur Falcons: Conservation and Global Implications; nominated by Raptor Research Foundation for research published in The Journal of Raptor Research.
Dr. Sydney Kinstler Tuckwiller – Back to the Basics: Understanding Disease Mechanisms; nominated by American Association of Avian Pathologists for research published in Avian Diseases.
Dr. Jessica Pruett – Looking Back to Move Forward: Lessons Learned from the Mississippi Oyster Fishery; nominated by National Shellfisheries Association for research published in the Journal of Shellfish Research.
Aquetzalli Nayelli Rivera Villanueva – Activity patterns of the nectar-feeding bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae on the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico; nominated by American Society of Mammalogists for research published in the Journal of Mammalogy.
BioOne Ambassadors represent the next generation of excellence in scientific communication— where complex research findings are made accessible, driving both scientific advancement and informed public discourse.
“Highlighting early-career voices through the BioOne Ambassador Award creates an environment which gives them the confidence to pursue their passion and produces a generation of scientists who can effectively communicate their work, and the broader significance of science, to their colleagues, their wider community, and their own students when the time comes. By demystifying science, they are paving the way for greater understanding of science as a whole, the role it plays in our lives and engagement by the wider community. They are the future of science.”
Community Highlights
S2O: Building Support in the Library Community
Our Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot for BioOne Complete is currently being rolled out to our library community in order to build support for the initial subscription term of 2026. This follows a year of collaboration with our publishers during which we garnered commitments from 71 titles across 54 publisher partners to offer their titles under this model.
Outreach includes dedicated webinars for key library consortia partners to discuss the exclusive subscriber benefits, share information on how Subscribe to Open meets library criteria for acquisitions, and to understand how this new model for BioOne Complete meets common values. We invite you to watch for our upcoming informational webinar later this year, which will provide deeper insights into this innovative model.
We are also actively connecting on the conference circuit: in March, Christine Orr joined representatives from NERL, University of Minnesota Libraries, Project Muse, and the American Physiological Society at the Electronic Resources in Libraries (ER&L) conference to present “Make it So: Implementing Subscribe to Open.” This session shared the practicalities of the model, and served as an important opportunity to educate and engage with librarians who are responsible for acquiring S2O resources. Lauren Kane will also be discussing S2O at the forthcoming SSP conference in “Non-profits Navigating the Storm: Now Non-APC Models are Becoming a Lifeline for Non-profit Publishing Sustainability.”
“Consortia working with publishers in a partnership allows us to leverage the talent at our member universities so that they can create the future that they want to see. And what they want to see is more open content, more transformative content.”
Library support is essential to the success of this pilot: if we reach our sustainability target, 2026 content from participating journals will become openly accessible worldwide. If targets aren’t met, that content remains exclusively available to subscribers as before. BioOne’s S2O model is deliberately designed to preserve value for our subscribers: backfile content will remain gated, continuing to serve as a significant benefit for subscribing institutions.
For libraries, the process remains seamless. Throughout the 2026 S2O pilot period, BioOne Complete will continue as a unified collection of gated, Subscribe to Open, and gold Open Access titles. The subscription process and experience will remain unchanged—institutions will subscribe annually to BioOne Complete just as they do now. Our team will focus on collaborating with our library community, ensuring the value proposition and mission behind S2O are clearly understood.
For comprehensive information about S2O, including answers to frequently asked questions, please visit our dedicated Subscribe to Open webpage. Or, connect with us at Sales@BioOne.org to request a meeting to discuss how your library can participate.
Together, we can create a more accessible scholarly ecosystem while preserving the sustainability that benefits our entire community.
Growing Resources for Entomologists
Researchers focused on insect biology will find even more resources in the ESA eBook Collection from BioOne eBooks this year. Following our news about the CSIRO Publishing BioSelect Collection expanding by 15 titles in 2025, we’re pleased to also share additional growth in our entomology offerings.
The ESA eBook Collection from the Entomological Society of America will welcome two valuable new additions, and licensees will receive access immediately upon publication. These new titles, including Handbook of Wood Boring Insects of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in the Eastern United States and Atlas of the Heteropteran (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Pterothorax Endoskeleton, complement the existing ESA eBook Collection, creating an even more robust resource for institutions supporting entomological research.
These expanded offerings reflect BioOne’s ongoing commitment to providing specialized scholarly resources that meet the evolving needs of our research community.
BioOne Welcomes…
BioOne supports sustainable scholarly communications by partnering with libraries worldwide to expand access to essential scientific research. We are thrilled to welcome new libraries that have recently enriched their holdings with BioOne Complete and BioOne eBooks collections, advancing global discovery and knowledge sharing.
- Brown University
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Toronto Wildlife Centre
- University of Prince Edward Island
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
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Field Notes
BioOne Spotlights Publishing’s Future at SSP’s 47th Annual Meeting
We are excited to participate in the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP) 47th Annual Meeting. SSP continues to be the premier annual event for the North American scholarly communications community, providing valuable opportunities to explore new ideas and innovations in scholarly publishing.
This year, BioOne will have a significant presence at the conference with two notable contributions. President/CEO Lauren Kane will share her expertise during “Scholarly Publishing Shark Tank: Where to Invest to Achieve Our Goals” on May 30 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. This dynamic session will explore strategic investments in scholarly publishing to advance shared industry goals. And as mentioned above, Lauren will also discuss BioOne’s S2O pilot at “Non-profits Nagivating the Storm”, May 30 at 1:30 pm.
Additionally, Communications and Engagement Manager and 2025 SSP Fellow Amanda Rogers will present “The Open Access Equation: Sustainability, Impact, and Policy in Flux” during the poster session on May 29 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm. This poster examines the evolving landscape of open access publishing and its implications for sustainability and policy development.
BioOne team members continue their commitment to the scholarly publishing community through active participation in SSP committees. We look forward to representing BioOne at this important event and bringing back insights that will help advance our mission.
Expanding Scientific Reach: BioOne Shares Insights at CSE Annual Meeting
BioOne took center stage at the recent Council of Science Editors meeting in Minneapolis, where Publisher and Partnerships Manager Meredith Pond joined a compelling panel on “Increasing Article Reach Off the Page: Promoting Scientific Research to a Wider Audience.” Pond highlighted the BioOne Ambassador Award program as a successful model for amplifying early-career researchers’ voices and extending scientific impact.
The session, moderated by 2024 BioOne Ambassador Dr. Sarah Wright of the American Veterinary Medical Association Journals, explored innovative strategies for enhancing scientific literacy and engagement beyond traditional academic circles. The discussion underscored our ongoing commitment to making research more accessible and inclusive across diverse audiences.
Midnight at the Casablanca: Lauren Kane Takes the Mic as Podcast Guest Host
Lauren Kane is a guest host of “Midnight at the Casablanca,” a podcast featuring conversations about scholarly publishing and technology, and discussions about the challenges and opportunities shaping academic publishing. Kane’s recent interview with Wendy Queen, Chief Transformation Officer at Johns Hopkins University Press and former decade-long leader of Project MUSE, covers Queen’s experience as a woman in technology, bringing open access to the humanities, and navigating the publishing world as an introvert.
BioOne Partners In the News:
When BioOne’s publishing partners make headlines, it demonstrates the real-world impact of our mission to maximize access to critical research. Recent news coverage featuring our partners and their research highlights how our community amplifies critical scientific work, ensuring it reaches audiences beyond academia.
BioOne is an innovative nonprofit collaborative and the leading content aggregator in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. More than 150 global scientific societies and nonprofit publishing organizations include their journals in BioOne’s flagship product, BioOne Complete, for the benefit of 5,500 accessing institutions and millions of researchers worldwide. Since 2001, BioOne has returned more than $83 million in royalty sharing back to its participants, with a commitment to share research more broadly, equitably, and sustainably.