Class of 1923: looking back at the authors of JEB's first issue

Abstract

Journal of Experimental Biology was launched in 1923 as The British Journal of Experimental Biology, with a single issue being published in the October of that year. As we celebrate our centenary, we look back at that first issue and the zoologists publishing their work in the new journal, and draw comparisons to the JEB that we know today. Much has changed since the publication of the first issue of JEB, in the worlds of both science and publishing, and we eagerly anticipate the next 100 years of discovery.

The continuing evolution of JEB

“…2023 was a massive year for Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) as we marked a century of publishing outstanding research in comparative physiology and biomechanics (Franklin, 2023). We celebrated and reflected upon the journal's rich history (Hankins and Rutledge, 2023;Knight, 2023a,b) and looked to the future of our discipline by considering the research opportunities that await us (Gilmour et al, 2023). It is a story of JEB's evolution that continues today.…”