Open Access Journals
A handy but non-exhaustive list of Open Access journals and publishers in the biological/biomedical and computational biology space. Sharing scientific content without restrictions or paywalls.
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@gigascience.bsky.social
@natcomms.nature.com
Nature Communications is an open access journal publishing high-quality research in all areas of the biological, physical, chemical, clinical, social, and Earth sciences. www.nature.com/ncomms/
@commsbio.nature.com
An open-access @natureportfolio.bsky.social journal publishing high quality primary research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences since 2018. https://www.nature.com/commsbio/
@jmirpub.bsky.social
A leading open access publisher of digital health research and champion of open science. With a focus on author advocacy and research amplification, JMIR Publications partners with researchers to advance their careers and maximize the impact of their work.
@peercomjournal.bsky.social
A community-based, diamond open-access journal publishing only articles recommended by @peercommunityin.bsky.social. ISSN 2804-3871 https://peercommunityjournal.org/
@pnasnexus.org
Discover groundbreaking news and research from PNAS Nexus, the sibling journal to @pnas.org - both official journals of the National Academy of Sciences. Visit www.pnasnexus.org for more information.
@plosglobalpublichealth.org
Supporting a mission to make work of the highest methodological and ethical rigor openly available to the researchers, policy experts, and clinicians who depend on it to tackle urgent health crises and advance health equity.
@evolletters.bsky.social
OA journal publishing the best work in evolutionary biology. Jointly owned by ESEB & SSE, published by Oxford University Press. Journal website: https://academic.oup.com/evlett Blog website: https://evolutionletters.net/ Mastodon: @EvolLetters@ecoevo.so
@biologyopen.bsky.social
Facilitating rapid review for accessible research - an online only, #OpenAccess @biologists.bsky.social peer reviewed journal for research across all aspects of the biological sciences.
@genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Published by the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (@official-smbe.bsky.social), GBE publishes leading research at the interface of evolutionary biology and genomics.
@riojournal.com
Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) publishes scientific outputs across the research cycle starting from the Research Idea. Offers open-science collections to project consortia. Published by @pensoft.net. Powered by ARPHA. Website: https://riojournal.com
@pensoft.net
Open-acces scholarly publisher known for its data & semantics publishing innovations & tools. Developer of the ARPHA publishing platform. Consortium member at multiple Horizon Europe-funded projects. Website: https://pensoft.net
@bioinfoadv.bsky.social
A fully open access, peer-reviewed journal published jointly by Oxford University Press and the International Society for Computational Biology.
@joss-openjournals.bsky.social
The Journal of Open Source Software is a developer friendly, diamond open access journal for research software packages. Committed to publishing quality research software with zero article processing charges or subscription fees. https://joss.theoj.org/
@elife.bsky.social
The funder-researcher collaboration and open-access publisher for research in the life and biomedical sciences. Follow @eLifeCommunity.bsky.social
@peerj.bsky.social
Open Access publisher of academic journals PeerJ Life & Environment (life, medicine, environment), PeerJ Computer Science, PeerJ Chemistry (our 5 chemistry journals).
@embojournal.org
Non-for-profit publication of research in molecular, cell & organismal biology - as part of @embopress.org Fast-fair-transparent / Open Access / Open Science
@embomolmed.org
OpenAccess journal dedicated to high quality research at the interface between clinical & basic science. Tweets from journal editors
@molsystbiol.org
#OpenAccess @embopress.org journal publishing pioneering research in systems & synthetic biology, systems medicine
@gigabytejournal.bsky.social
Research, Release, Fork, Update, Repeat. Winner of the 2022 ALPSP Innovation in Publishing Award. https://gigabytejournal.com/
@plosone.org
A global, inclusive community of researchers who believe rigorous research deserves to be discoverable, widely disseminated and freely accessible, working to advance science for the benefit of all.
@plosbiology.org
A leading life science journal that champions high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
@plos.org
PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy and practice.
@biomedcentral.bsky.social
A pioneer of sustainable open access, where research is always in progress.
@gigascience.bsky.social
The #OpenScience journal from BGI & OUP publishing articles using/generating large datasets. And linked to GigaDB #opendata hosting/analysis repository. Website: http://gigasciencejournal.com