Bioline International

Bioline International is a non-profit cooperative that operates an online platform for sharing works by peer-reviewed open access bioscience journals published in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and South America.[1] This includes meta data, abstracts, and individual articles in pdf and html (when available).[2][3] Bioline is an international collaboration between the University of Toronto Libraries as stewards, the Reference Center on Environmental Information in Brazil for technical infrastructure, and Bioline UK as a liaison.[4] It was founded by Leslie Chan.

Bioline International
StatusActive
Founded1993 (1993)
FoundersBarbara Kirsop, Brian Kirsop, Vanderlei Canhos
Country of originCanada
Headquarters locationToronto
DistributionWorldwide
Publication typesScientific journals
Nonfiction topicsBioscience, biology, medicine, health
Official websitebioline.org.br

In 2010 Prof. Mary Abukutsa-Onyango spoke about the difficulties of publishing her ideas about Africa's vegetables and fruits. She noted the importance of Open Access at an event at the University of Nairobi Library.[5]

References
  1. "Active Journals by Country". Bioline International. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. "Bioline International: A trailblazing bioscience platform sharing bioscience research, globally". OA Stories. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  3. "About". Bioline International. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  4. "Projects". Reference Center on Environmental Information (CRIA). Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  5. Chan, Leslie (2010-03-15), Prof. Mary Abukutsa-Onyango discusses the importance of Open Access for research from Kenya and other African countries, retrieved 2020-02-02
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