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Frontiers of Biogeography (FoB) is the scientific journal of the International Biogeography Society.  The society launched FoB to provide an independent forum for biogeographical science, with the academic standards expected of a journal operated by and for an academic society.

Key points:

  • FoB offers a Gold-standard Open Access peer review journal, operated on a not-for-profit basis
  • Issues 16(2) and prior are published via the eScholarship (University of California) platform (https://escholarship.org/uc/fb)
  • New issues published in the new Frontiers of Biogeography Pensoft platform (https://biogeography.pensoft.net/)
  • FoB publishes both original research articles and a variety of other forms of articles, consistent with the expanded array of article types and styles of contemporary science publishing.
  • FoB offers a rigorous, fast, flexible and supportive review process and encourages submissions from all branches and schools of thought within biogeography.
  • FoB is published quarterly (in March, June, September, and December)
  • Full intellectual property rights are maintained by the authors.
  • All articles published are open-access. The publication costs are considerably less than the costs for open access in for profit journals, a limited number of waivers are available, and granted following consideration (apply during submission of article).  See an outline of costs below.

Overview of Fees

Note:  There are no charges for submitting an article, the fees below are for accepted articles. Ability to pay will have no bearing on acceptance for publication.

Fees for Publication:

  • Advertisements, Correspondence, Book Reviews:  Free for TIBS Members / 50 USD for TIBS non-Members
  • Research Articles, Opinions, Perspectives & Reviews:  180 USD for TIBS Members / 360 USD for non-Members

Following acceptance of an article for publication, the corresponding author will be sent an invoice for the relevant sum. Our policy is, in effect, a pay-if-you-can model. Those who have access to funds to offset publication page charges are requested to pay and those who do not can decline by sending an email in response to the invoice sent to the Editorial Office. This policy is in effect until further notice.

Note: There are no charges for submitting an article, the fee below is for accepted articles.

  • Research Articles, Opinions, Perspectives & Reviews:  900 EUROS

The costs of the journal are currently met by a combination of subsidy from the International Biogeography Society and by author page charges. The journal is in process of moving to a new platform and the initial default APC level for newly submitted manuscripts will be 900 Euros. Member discounts and a limited number of waivers are considered on a case by case basis.  Requests for discounts must be made at the point of submission of a new manuscript and will be evaluated against a set of criteria that will be provided in our new APC and discounts policy, which will be published shortly on our new platform. In the meantime, authors are encouraged to contact the editorial office for further information.