''Journal of Experimental Biology'' (formerly ''The British Journal of Experimental Biology)'' is a

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in the field of

comparative physiology Comparative physiology is a subdiscipline of physiology that studies and exploits the diversity of functional characteristics of various kinds of organisms. It is closely related to evolutionary physiology and environmental physiology. Many ...

and integrative biology. It is published by The Company of Biologists. The journal is partnered with Publons and has two-way integration with bioRxiv. ''Journal of Experimental Biology'' is now a hybrid journal and publishes 24 issues a year. Content over six months old is free to read.

History

''The'' ''British Journal of Experimental Biology'' was established in

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in 1923 (''Br. J. Exp. Biol.'': ). It was published by Oliver and Boyd and edited by F. A. E. Crew with an Editorial Board of nine members, including Julian Huxley. When the journal ran into financial trouble, George Parker Bidder II, the founder of The Company of Biologists, rescued it in 1925. Sir James Gray was appointed as the journal's first Editor-in-Chief in 1925 and the journal was renamed ''The Journal of Experimental Biology'' in 1929 (). The journal has published ground-breaking work in the areas of

biomechanics Biomechanics is the study of the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to Organ (anatomy), organs, Cell (biology), cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechani ...

, skin transplantation and

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, and has published work by

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winners Peter Medawar and

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. Journal content from 1923 is available online via the journal website. Content over six months old is freely available, and authors may choose to make their article

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by paying a subsidised fee. All journal content is freely available to community members in developing countries through the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative. In 2009, ''Journal of Experimental Biology'' was included in the School Library Association's top 100 journals in Biology and Medicine over the last 100 years.

Scope and content

''Journal of Experimental Biology'' publishes original research articles, methods and techniques, and reviews in the field of comparative physiology. The journal currently publishes papers on a wide range of subjects from

and metabolic

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, to

and neuroethology. Besides peer-reviewed research, the journal features additional material such as "Inside JEB", which provides information about some of each issue's content, "Outside JEB", which discusses literature published in other journals, "JEB Classics", which revisit key papers published in the journal's history, and "Commentaries", which review topics of current interest. The journal operates on a continuous publication model. The final version of record is released online as soon as it is ready.

Abstracting and indexing

''Journal of Experimental Biology'' is abstracted and/or indexed by: * BIOBASE *

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* EMBASE *

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''Journal of Experimental Biology'' is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).

Journal management

Since the journal's establishment in 1923, there have been seven

Editors-in-Chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

: * 1926-1955: Sir James Gray * 1952-1974: J. A. Ramsay * 1955-1974: Sir Vincent Wigglesworth * 1974-1989: John Treherne * 1989-1994: Charlie Ellington * 1994-2003: Bob Boutilier * 2004-2020: Hans Hoppeler (University of Bern, Switzerland) * 2020 onwards: Craig Franklin (University of Queensland, Australia)

References

External links

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The Company of Biologists website
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