AIBS & UC Press Announce Partnership to Publish BioScience

[Jeff Hester <jeff.hester@ucpress.edu>]

Berkeley, California - University of California Press Journals + 
Digital Publishing is proud to announce that the American 
Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS), the leading broad-based 
US biological research, education, and advocacy organization, has 
selected UC Press as its new publishing partner for its flagship 
journal, BioScience. Dedicated to advancing biological research 
and education for the welfare of society, The AIBS federation 
boasts a membership of over 5,000 biologists and 200 professional 
societies and scientific organizations; the combined individual 
membership of the latter exceeds 250,000.  In expanding the reach 
and visibility of BioScience, UC Press is proud to further the 
public service mission of AIBS itself.

In addition, UC Press is pleased to work collaboratively with 
BioOne to assure broad access for libraries to the online version 
of BioScience.  The journal will continue to be available via the 
BioOne.1 collection, a full-text online package of essential 
biological science research journals. BioScience will also be 
made available for purchase as a stand-alone journal through UC 
Press and its online hosting platform, Caliber, beginning with 
Volume 59, Issue 1 in January 2009.

Since 1964, BioScience has presented readers with timely and 
authoritative overviews of current research in biology, 
accompanied by essays and discussion sections on education, 
public policy, history, and the conceptual underpinnings of the 
biological sciences. A peer-reviewed, heavily cited journal - 
reflected in its impact factor of 4.083 and rank of 8/70 in 
Biology, according to the 2007 Journal Citation Reports - 
BioScience publishes a range of content crucial for broad-based 
understanding of the field, including:

- overview articles describing new research findings and 
techniques;

- accounts of advances in biology education;

- professionally written feature articles about the latest 
frontiers in biology;

- discussions of professional issues;

- book reviews;

- news about AIBS;

- Washington Watch - a policy column;

- Eye on Education - an education column;

- Special Sections and series that address selected topics in 
depth.

The journal is edited by Tim Beardsley and is written and edited 
for accessibility to researchers, educators, and students alike.

"AIBS is delighted to be a part of this innovative collaboration 
among nonprofit organizations that will allow AIBS to publish 
BioScience with the expertise, resources, and world-wide reach 
that UC Press and BioOne each bring to the table.  Our mutual 
goal is the broadest possible dissemination and accessibility of 
BioScience content in a sustainable manner. We look forward to 
the success of this venture." -Richard O'Grady, Executive 
Director, AIBS

"AIBS is a founding organization of BioOne, and produces one of 
the collection's stellar journals. The fact that UC Press is able 
and willing to accommodate the needs of both organizations will 
enhance our joint commitment to provide concrete benefits for the 
entire community of bioscience students and researchers."
   - Susan Skomal Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, BioOne

"UC Press is proud to be working with both AIBS and BioOne to 
enable a broad range of access to BioScience" says Rebecca Simon, 
Associate Director, University of California Press and Director 
of the Journals + Digital Publishing Division. "Such 
collaborations between non-profit, mission-driven organizations 
help assure not only affordable access for libraries but 
sustainable models for the scholarly publishing community."

For more information about BioScience at UC Press, please visit 
www.ucpressjournals.com

For more information about BioScience at BioOne please visit 
www.bioone.org

For more information about the American Institute of Biological 
Sciences please visit www.aibs.org

Jeff Hester
Marketing Manager
University of California Press
Journals + Digital Publishing
2000 Center Street, Suite 303
Berkeley, CA 94704

jeff.hester@ucpress.edu
phone: 510.642.8883
fax: 510.642.9917