''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 uni ...

and integrative biology. It is published by

The Company of Biologists The Company of Biologists is a UK-based charity and not-for-profit publisher that was established in 1925 by George Parker Bidder III with the aim of promoting research and study across all branches of biology. The company publishes currently fiv ...

. 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 Sir Julian Sorell Huxley (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century modern synthesis. ...

. When the journal ran into financial trouble, George Parker Bidder II, the founder of

, 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 organs, cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechanics. Biomechanics is a branch of ...

, skin transplantation and

neurophysiology Neurophysiology is a branch of physiology and neuroscience that studies nervous system function rather than nervous system architecture. This area aids in the diagnosis and monitoring of neurological diseases. Historically, it has been dominated ...

, and has published work by

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winners

Peter Medawar Sir Peter Brian Medawar (; 28 February 1915 – 2 October 1987) was a Brazilian-British biologist and writer, whose works on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance have been fundamental to the medical practice of tissu ...

and

August Krogh Schack August Steenberg Krogh (15 November 1874 – 13 September 1949) was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several ...

. 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

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemic ...

, to

and

neuroethology Neuroethology is the evolutionary and comparative approach to the study of animal behavior and its underlying mechanistic control by the nervous system. It is an interdisciplinary science that combines both neuroscience (study of the nervous syste ...

. 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 * Web of Science *

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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 highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

: * 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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