Established in 1996, Bioscientifica Ltd is the commercial subsidiary of the

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, and provides

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, events, and association management services to biomedical societies, and to the pharmaceutical industry. Although the company generates profits, these are redistributed to Bioscientifica's partner societies to fund biomedical research and practice.

Publishing

Bioscientifica publishes

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and

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focused on

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, and its intersecting disciplines. The company also publishes free-to-read conference abstracts via its BiosciAbstracts platform and conference proceedings via Bioscientifica Proceedings. According to the 2021 ''

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'', six of Bioscientifica's publications have an

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: '' Endocrine-Related Cancer'', '' Journal of Endocrinology'', '' Journal of Molecular Endocrinology'', ''European Thyroid Journal'', ''

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,'' and '' Endocrine Connections''. Bioscientifica was an early proponent of open access. In February 2012, the company was among the first 24 publishers to sign the STM Association's Sustainable

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Statement. Bioscientifica currently publishes four open access journals, supports gold open access publication in its subscription journals, and makes all journal content free to read online 12 months after publication. As part of its charitable remit, Bioscientifica participates in the

HINARI Hinari Access to Research for Health Programme was set up by the World Health Organization and major publishers to enable developing countries to access collections of biomedical and health literature. There are up to 15,000 e-journals and up to ...

programme, through which the publisher provides free access to its journals in developing countries.

Event management

Bioscientifica manages academic conferences for biomedical societies. Their event services include: * Scientific and social programme management * Accommodation management * Abstract management and publication * Event marketing and press * Conference websites and mobile apps * Coordination of grants and awards * Liaison with CPD accreditors * Sponsorship and exhibition sales * Budget management and bookkeeping Several of the events managed by Bioscientifica have won industry awards. Recent awards include: * 2019: Silver Award for 'Best Operations Team' at the 2019 Conference Awards * 2018: Bronze Award for 'Best Conference by an event agency' at the 2018 Conference Awards * 2015: 'Best Association Conference Outside London' at the Association Excellence Awards. * 2013: 'Best Association Conference' prize at the fourth Annual Conference Awards

Association management

Bioscientifica currently provides Association Management and secretariat services to the following societies: * British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes *

* UK and Ireland Neuroendocrine Tumour Society

Professional memberships

Bioscientifica is a member of the following professional bodies: * Association of British Professional Conference Organisers *

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* Independent Scholarly Publishers Group * International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers

Governance

Bioscientifica is governed by its board of directors, which is composed of

officers, industry professionals, and members of Bioscientifica's executive team. The board is currently made up of the following members. *Chair: AJ van der Lelij *Aled Rees *Mark Gurnell *Ian Bannerman *Vicky Williams *Kate Sargent *David Mills

References

External links

* {{Authority control Academic publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1996 Companies based in Bristol Publishing companies of the United Kingdom *