FEBS Open Bio: past, present and future

Duncan E Wright; Félix M Goñi; Mary Purton; László Fésüs; Johannes Buchner; John Mowbray; Miguel A De la Rosa

doi:10.1002/2211-5463.13326

FEBS Open Bio: past, present and future

FEBS Open Bio. 2021 Dec;11(12):3183-3188. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13326.

Authors

Duncan E Wright¹, Félix M Goñi², Mary Purton³, László Fésüs⁴, Johannes Buchner⁵, John Mowbray⁶, Miguel A De la Rosa⁷

Affiliations

¹ FEBS Open Bio Editorial Office, Cambridge, UK.
² Department of Biochemistry, Instituto BIOFISIKA (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain.
³ FEBS Press, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Hungary.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Center for Protein Assemblies, Technical University Munich, Garching, Germany.
⁶ Emeritus member of the Division of Biosciences, University College London, UK.
⁷ Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ), Scientific Research Centre Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja), Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Spain.

Abstract

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of FEBS Open Bio, we spoke to some of the key figures of the journal's genesis, development, and its future direction, and recount here their thoughts and experiences. Prof. Félix. Goñi discusses the role of the FEBS Publication Committee in the journal's beginnings, Dr Mary Purton relates her experiences as the journal's Executive Editor, Prof. László Fésüs explains how the journal developed during his tenure as Chair of the Publication Committee, and Prof. Johannes Buchner looks forward to the future of FEBS Press and academic publishing. Finally, Prof. John (Iain) Mowbray describes his "Friday afternoon thought" to start a new journal.

Publication types

Editorial
Historical Article

MeSH terms

History, 21st Century
Humans
Open Access Publishing / history*
Open Access Publishing / trends*