Open Biology

Open Biology is a fully open access journal published by the Royal Society, dedicated to high impact research at the molecular and cellular level of biology. Launched in 2011 as the Society's first fully online open access title, it has a 2025 impact factor of 3.1 and is indexed in SCIE.《开放生物学》（Open Biology）是英国皇家学会出版的完全开放获取期刊，致力于发表分子与细胞生物学层面的高影响力研究。该刊于 2011 年创刊，是皇家学会首份完全在线开放获取期刊，2025 年影响因子为 3.1，被 SCIE 收录。

Scope

The journal's stated aim is to publish original, high impact research in cell and molecular biology, with an official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表细胞与分子生物学领域原创、高影响力的研究，官方声明的征稿范围包括：

• Cell and developmental biology: research on cell structure, function, and dynamics, including cell division, differentiation, and developmental processes at the molecular level.细胞与发育生物学： 关于细胞结构、功能与动态的研究，涵盖细胞分裂、分化以及分子层面的发育过程等。
• Molecular and structural biology: studies on the structure and function of biological macromolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, and their interactions.分子与结构生物学： 关于蛋白质、核酸等生物大分子结构与功能及其相互作用的研究。
• Mechanistic biology: the journal places strong emphasis on studies that provide insight into the causal mechanisms underlying biological processes, positioning it as a home for mechanistic cell and molecular biology.机制生物学： 该刊特别强调揭示生物学过程因果机制的研究，定位为机制性细胞与分子生物学的发表平台。
• Broad biological scope: additional areas include biochemistry, neuroscience, immunology, microbiology, and genetics, welcoming research that spans traditional disciplinary boundaries.广泛生物学范围： 其他方向涵盖生物化学、神经科学、免疫学、微生物学与遗传学，欢迎跨越传统学科边界的研究。
• Article types: research articles, reviews, invited perspectives, commentaries, and comments, with format-free submission and open peer review where reviews and author responses are published alongside the paper.栏目设置： 接受原创研究论文、综述、特邀观点、评论与短评，支持无格式投稿与开放同行评审，评审意见与作者回复随论文一同发表。

History

• Founding: Open Biology was launched in 2011 as the Royal Society's first fully online, open access journal dedicated to cell and molecular biology, reflecting the Society's commitment to open science.创刊： 《开放生物学》于 2011 年创刊，是英国皇家学会首份完全在线开放获取的细胞与分子生物学期刊，体现了学会对开放科学的承诺。
• Royal Society publication: the journal is published by the Royal Society, joining the Society's portfolio of biological sciences journals that includes Proceedings of the Royal Society B and Biology Letters.皇家学会出版： 该刊由英国皇家学会出版，加入了学会的生物科学期刊矩阵，其中包括《皇家学会会刊 B 辑》与《生物学快报》。
• Open access model: from its inception the journal has been fully open access under a CC-BY licence, with all content freely available to readers and article processing charges paid by authors or their institutions.开放获取模式： 自创刊起该刊即采用 CC-BY 协议完全开放获取，所有内容向读者免费开放，文章处理费由作者或其机构支付。
• Scope refinement: in 2026 the journal refined its scope to place stronger emphasis on mechanistic studies in cell and molecular biology, clarifying its remit within the life sciences while maintaining its broad disciplinary coverage.范围调整： 2026 年该刊调整征稿范围，更加强调细胞与分子生物学的机制性研究，在保持广泛学科覆盖的同时明确了其在生命科学中的定位。

Editors

The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by a subject editor board and an international editorial board:该刊由主编领导，学科编辑委员会与国际编委会协助工作：

• Editor-in-chief: Jonathon Pines, FRS, Professor at the Institute of Cancer Research, whose research focuses on mitosis and the spatial organisation of cell cycle regulators. He was a co-discoverer of cyclins and pioneered the use of fluorescent protein tags to study mitotic regulators in living cells.主编： 乔纳森·派恩斯（Jonathon Pines），英国皇家学会院士，癌症研究所教授，研究方向为有丝分裂与细胞周期调控因子的空间组织。他是细胞周期蛋白的共同发现者之一，并率先使用荧光蛋白标签研究活细胞中的有丝分裂调控因子。
• Subject editors: the journal has subject editors covering its main research areas, including a dedicated editor for immunology and genetics, who manage peer review within their fields.学科编辑： 该刊设有覆盖主要研究方向的学科编辑，包括专门负责免疫学与遗传学的编辑，负责各自领域内的同行评审。
• Editorial board: the editorial board comprises world-renowned scientists from leading institutions internationally, providing expertise across the journal's broad scope.编委会： 编委会由来自全球顶尖机构的知名科学家组成，为刊物广泛的征稿范围提供专业支持。
• Review model: the journal operates open peer review, where the reviewers' reports and the authors' responses are published alongside the accepted article, aiming for a rapid and constructive review process.评审模式： 该刊实行开放同行评审，审稿报告与作者回复随录用论文一同发表，追求快速且建设性的评审流程。