Johns Hopkins University Press (Hopkins Press) and BioOne have announced plans to merge, forming a nonprofit integration intended to strengthen community impact and expand opportunities for researchers.
BioOne’s flagship aggregation of bioscience journals, BioOne Complete, along with its eBook collections, will continue as independent products within Hopkins Press. The merger is expected to generate operational efficiencies and combine scale with Hopkins Press’s Project MUSE, a widely used collection of journals and books in the humanities and social sciences. Both organizations have previously adopted the Subscribe to Open model for equitable open access.
Wendy Queen, Chief Transformation Officer at Hopkins Press, will oversee the integration of BioOne and its staff, working with BioOne CEO Lauren Kane, who will support the transition through January 2027. Commitments to BioOne’s community of publishers and libraries will remain in place.
Lauren Kane stated that BioOne has supported the visibility and sustainability of societies and research organizations in the biosciences for 25 years. She explained that the integration would allow BioOne to extend this support through new services, shared infrastructure, and sustainable revenue, noting that Hopkins Press shares BioOne’s values and vision for an independent scholarly ecosystem.
Barbara Kline Pope, Executive Director of Hopkins Press, commented that the merger builds on long‑standing collaboration between the two organizations. She said that formal integration represents a natural progression toward shared goals and emphasized the importance of mission‑driven scholarly organizations working together to increase impact.
Both Hopkins Press and BioOne have committed to a transparent transition process designed to minimize disruption for stakeholders. The merger is expected to close on August 31, 2026, pending governance and legal approvals.
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