About BioOne

The product of a collaboration between libraries and publishers,  BioOne aggregates core scientific research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. The collections provide access to a broad range of full-text articles in an intuitive, online database of more than 160 titles. 70% of BioOne titles are ISI-ranked, and almost half are available in electronic format exclusively on BioOne.

Founded in 1999 as a not-for-profit collaborative the organization was created to address inequities in scholarly publishing. BioOne explores economic models and strategic partnerships to balance the needs of all stakeholders — authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders — and maximize access to critical research.

For researchers, educators, and students BioOne delivers: History

• a thoroughly linked information resource of full-text articles
• peer-reviewed content presented in both XML and PDF formats
• over 78,000 articles on current research in the biosciences

and related disciplines such as:

• Biodiversity Conservation
• Biology
• Ecology
• Plant Sciences
• Entomology
• Ornithology
• Zoology

For libraries BioOne delivers:

• perpetual access for subscribed content with no fees or hassle
• automated deposits to Portico and LOCKSS
• open URL compliance
• delivery of MARC metadata
• usage reports COUNTER 3 and SUSHI compliant
• administrative and customization capabilities
• Shibboleth authentication