Dear BioOne Community,
As the new academic year begins and our planning shifts towards the year ahead, we remain focused on a 2024 that has been nothing short of momentous. This is especially fitting given that this year marks a special milestone for BioOne—our 25th anniversary! To commemorate how far we have come as an organization, we’ve created a celebratory video that highlights the power of community and some of the extraordinary leaders who have supported us along the way. Thank you for celebrating with us as we reflect on a quarter-century of advancing sustainable scholarly communication.
More reason to celebrate—with still a month to go before we finalize our inaugural Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot cohort, we already have 40 titles from 30 societies and independent publishers on board. We are heartened by the support received thus far from BioOne’s publishing community and library supporters, underscoring our collective commitment to a more sustainable, equitable, and open future.
With September comes the start of a busy conference season, and the BioOne team will be at an array of events–in person and virtually–to promote our strategic progress. Check our conference calendar and let us know if we’ll see you there. These gatherings provide invaluable opportunities for us to connect with community members, partners, and peers, share our learnings, and explore new ways to collaborate.
In partnership,
Lauren Kane
President/CEO
Subscribe to Open Pilot Bolstered by Strong Publisher Commitments
In This Issue:
Lauren Kane to Speak at ALPSP 2024: Insights from Industry Leaders
Lauren Kane will speak at the ALPSP Conference and Awards 2024 during session 11: “What do Industry Leaders Really Think?” on 12 September 2024, 11:00-12:00 BST. This session will offer valuable insights from key industry leaders, and Lauren’s participation promises to provide an engaging perspective on current trends and future directions in scholarly publishing.
. With Our Community
We’re thrilled to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Over the past quarter-century, BioOne has served a unique role in the scholarly community, uniting nonprofit publishers, libraries, funders, and researchers in a shared commitment to more equitable and sustainable research communication. To mark this occasion, we invite you to take a few moments to reflect on our history and how much we have achieved — together.
Our anniversary video is a tribute to everyone who has been a part of the BioOne story. We are also proud to revisit some of the most impactful and inspiring research published in BioOne Complete over the last 25 years with a special article collection.
What has your BioOne participation meant to you, your institution, your research, or your field of study?
We’re collecting your stories to share with our community throughout the year in celebration of BioOne’s 25th anniversary. Send us a brief note or story, written or video to team@bioone.org or through this form.
Publishing Highlights
2025 BioOne Complete Collection Updates
BioOne is proud to announce the addition of Invertebrate Biology to the BioOne Complete collection for 2025. Invertebrate Biology, a publication of the American Microscopical Society, will include all issues from v.119 (2000) through the present, and complement the aggregation’s more than 227,000 articles and 1.6 million pages, growing each year.
With this addition, BioOne Complete will offer 219 full-text journals from 157 leading scientific societies and independent presses worldwide. This includes concentrations in core subject areas such as entomology, biodiversity conservation, and zoology, as well as coverage of interdisciplinary topics like the effects of climate change, invasive species, and agriculture and plant sciences. This high-quality collection remains essential for library partners, with 60% of current titles only available in rich XML via BioOne, and per-title costs 74% lower than commercial titles.
The BioOne Complete Archive will expand coverage in 2025 to include all subscribed content published from 1996 through 2020, growing to more than 201,000 articles. The BioOne Complete Archive is available for one-time purchase, giving flexibility to new and existing library partners who wish to add this content to their permanent digital holdings.
The 2025 title lists for all options and other librarian resources are available for download on the BioOne Complete website.
2024 Journal Impact Factors™ Now Available
Clarivate Analytics recently released the 2024 edition of their Journal Citation Reports™ (JCR) using 2023 Web of Science™ data, and we are pleased to share key updates for the titles in BioOne Complete. Of 218 eligible journals, 73% are ranked in this year’s JCR.
The aggregation also shows an impressive category concentration in many of our core fields, including:
- Ornithology — 10 out of 29 titles ranked (35%)
- Entomology — 27 out of 109 titles ranked (25%)
- Paleontology — 11 out of 56 titles ranked (20%)
- Biodiversity Conservation — 11 out of 74 titles ranked (15%)
- Zoology — 32 out of 180 titles ranked (18%)
- Ecology — 23 out of 195 titles ranked (12%)
- Plant Sciences — 30 out of 265 titles ranked (11%)
We have updated all BioOne Complete journal pages with the latest JIF and category ranking information (as applicable); details are available on each journal’s “Scope & Details” tab.
Library and Community Partners
Join Us in Frankfurt and Charleston
If you’re part of the publishing world, October only means one thing: the Frankfurt Book Fair. BioOne’s Lauren Kane and Director of Sales and Community Outreach Christine Orr will once again head to Germany to join more than 200,000 visitors from over 100 countries at this storied event, October 16 – 18. Through the week we will connect with our partners, agents, and fellow scholarly publishing specialists. Lauren will also kick off her visit to Frankfurt by attending the STM Annual Conference on October 14-15.
The Charleston Library Conference takes place soon after, running from November 12 – 15, and BioOne will attend as an exhibitor and proud sponsor. Lauren, Christine, and Associate Director of Sales Chelsea Tharp are looking forward to meeting with our library and consortia community to discuss how our Subscribe to Open pilot will help advance equitable access to scholarly scientific research, and provide updates to our 2025 BioOne Complete collection, our newest offering, the CSIRO Publishing BioSelect Collection from BioOne eBooks.
We look forward to welcoming you at booth #83, where we’ll celebrate BioOne’s 25th anniversary with a special treat and giveaway.
Book a meeting with us at STM, Frankfurt, or Charleston. We’d love to see you.
BioOne Welcomes…
The following libraries have recently added BioOne Digital Library content to their holdings, including BioOne Complete and BioOne eBooks collections:
- FDA Biosciences Library
- Oxford University
- Aquarium of Niagara
- Freie Universitaet Berlin
- Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
- St. Clair College
Featured in the BioOne Digital Library
Recent Topics in BioOne VISTA
July 2024 – Australian Flora and Fauna
August 2024 – Population Genetics
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Field Notes
BioOne Partners In the News:
The ‘upside-down’ sex life of a rare Indian frog revealed in Breviora
Watch a video about the research
Why the world’s rarest rattlesnake is a ‘scientific masterpiece’ in the South American Journal of Herpetology
Highly Invasive Spotted Lanternflies May Have a Surprising Weakness in the Journal of Economic Entomology.
Scientists researching wasps that may protect berries in the Journal of Economic Entomology
Meet the ‘Saltmen’ — freakishly well-preserved ancient mummies found in Iran in the The Journal of Parasitology.
Fossils reveal that some pterosaurs soared like vultures in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Upcoming Events
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.