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Since 1964, BioScience has presented readers with timely and authoritative overviews of current research in biology, accompanied by essays and discussion sections on education, public policy, history, and the conceptual underpinnings of the biological sciences.

A peer-reviewed, heavily cited, monthly journal with content written and edited for accessibility to researchers, educators, and students alike, BioScience is provided to all AIBS members in print and online as a part of regular AIBS dues. BioScience includes articles about research findings and techniques, advances in biology education, professionally written feature articles about the latest frontiers in biology, discussions of professional issues, book reviews, news about AIBS, a policy column (Washington Watch), and an education column (Eye on Education). Roundtables, forums, and viewpoint articles offer the perspectives of opinion leaders and invite further commentary.

Occasional special sections in BioScience provide an in-depth look at important topics. Recent special sections have addressed ecological boundaries, protected areas, acid rain, science and public policy, the US Long Term Ecological Research network, and agricultural bioterrorism.

Authors who wish to share their expertise with BioScience readers are encouraged to submit articles through our Web-based review system. The editor-in-chief welcomes presubmission inquiries at .

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To browse free content and purchase individual articles, click here. Each month, we make select sections of BioScience available for open-access viewing, including Washington Watch, our government affairs column; Eye on Education, our education column; one selected article of special note; book reviews, BioBriefs, AIBS News, calendar of meetings, classifieds, and the BioScience editorial.

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BioScience for $12/yr. Bulk-purchase Program for AIBS Member Societies and Organizations

Incorporate an additional $12/person/year into your dues, and you can give all of your individual members a personal monthly subscription to BioScience. Read about the BioScience bulk-purchase program.

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BioOne (www.bioone.org), an AIBS-partnered online aggregation of science journals — including BioScience — participates in the World Health Organization's HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) program. Created in 2002 with over 2,000 journals from the world's leading publishers, HINARI provides free or nearly free access to approximately 70 scientific journals in 481 public institutions in 53 developing countries.

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