The success of Open Access journals is based heavily on the widespread acceptance throughout the research community that these journals should become the default pathway for publication.

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Meet the editors: interviews with the editors of Journal of Biology and PLoS Biology

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From diagnostic tool to cancer therapy
Cancer patients could be benefiting more than they realize from scans to evaluate advanced tumors.

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Bacterial receptors surface
An article in BMC Genomics describes two new families of seven-pass transmembrane receptors in bacteria.

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Ants and Open Access
Ants have impressed biologists for years by their remarkable capacity to carry loads many times their own weight. Now ants have taken on a larger burden than usual - traditional academic publishers.
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A regular short guide to the players, stakeholders and technical terms relevant to Open Access publishing. 'Who, What & Why?' helps readers to become informed about the world of Open Access. This issue the The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is featured.

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