Transfer to Biology Open from Journal of Experimental Biology

Launched in 2012, BiO is an Open Access journal that publishes rigorously conducted high-quality research across the biological and biomedical sciences.

It’s published by The Company of Biologists – the established not-for-profit publisher of JEB.

It’s easy to submit

• There’s no need to repeat the submission process or reformat your manuscript.
• Transfer from JEB with a single click.
• You can revise the article in response to any transferred reviews.

It’s fast

• You get rapid editorial decisions from research-active academic Editors.
• Transfer with existing reviews and you usually avoid the need for further rounds of review – and get a decision in an average of 10 days.
• The majority of papers transferred with reviews are accepted for publication.

It’s well respected

• BiO papers are handled by field leaders, including Kendra Greenlee, Lewis Halsey and Sjannie Lefevre, in a team led by Editor-in-Chief Steven Kelly.
• All articles are indexed by PubMed, PMC, Medline, Scopus and Web of Science (2020 Impact Factor 2.422).
• BiO was awarded the DOAJ seal.

It’s accessible

• BiO is an Open Access journal.
• Articles are published under the CC-BY license.
• We charge a fee of $1995 (plus VAT where applicable), with no other page or colour charges.
• Discounted or fee-free publication in BiO is available through many of our Read & Publish agreements (five-journal package). Find out whether you are eligible (applies to corresponding authors).

Ready to transfer?

To transfer a specific paper, reply to your decision letter to instruct article transfer or click on the link in the letter. We take it from there.

If you have a specific question, contact our editorial office
at bio@biologists.com – we’re here to help.