Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem

Abstract

ABSTRACT Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) is celebrating its first 100 years this year. My own relationship with the journal spans over six decades and encompasses a variety of roles: reader, author, Editor (1995–2000), Editorial Advisory Board member (2000 to present) and Director on the board of its publisher, The Company of Biologists (2003–2009). I was therefore delighted when the journal Editors asked me to write a Perspective to reflect on how the journal and the publishing environment in which it competes have evolved over this long period, and to peek into my crystal ball and comment on what the future might hold for the journal and the primary fields it covers: comparative–environmental–evolutionary physiology, neuroethology and biomechanics.