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• Public Library of Science - Biology- Contains information "from molecules to ecosystems, including works at the interface of other disciplines, such as chemistry, medicine, and mathematics. Our audience is the international scientific community as well as educators, policy makers, patient advocacy groups, and interested members of the public around the world."
• Public Library of Science - "...Open Access journal (that) accepts scientifically rigorous research, regardless of novelty. PLOS ONE’s broad scope provides a platform to publish primary research, including interdisciplinary and replication studies as well as negative results. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported."
• BioMed Central - "is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 291 peer-reviewed open access journals."
• Science.gov - "...a gateway to government science information and research results. Science.gov provides a search of over 60 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 2200 scientific Websites."
• PubMed From the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health
• List of various Biology Societies from Wikipedia.