What Is BIOSIS?
BIOSIS, established in 1926, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to
foster the growth, communication and use of biological knowledge for the common
good. By accumulating the world's largest collection of abstracts and bibliographic
references to worldwide biological and medical literature and organizing this
information for easy access, BIOSIS provides vital sources of information
for life scientists.
BIOSIS processes approximately 540,000 items each year, from primary research
and review journals, books, monographs and conference proceedings. The BIOSIS
information system, a pool of material totalling over 10.5 million citations by
year-end, is available in several formats. These include Biological Abstracts (BA),
the leading printed reference publication for life science information, Biological
A b s t r a c t s / R R M (Reports, Reviews, Meetings) (BA/RRM), the companion printed
reference to Biological Abstracts and CD-ROM formats for both B A and B A / R R M.
In addition to print and compact disc formats, BIOSIS' extensive database of citations
can be accessed via the comprehensive online service, BIOSIS Previews, which
contains in-depth indexing to facilitate the retrieval of these references.
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Each year, BIOSIS processes
more than 540,000 items
from journals, books and
conference proceedings.
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