eLife
| Discipline | Biomedicine, life sciences |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Tim Behrens |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2012–present |
| Publisher | eLife Sciences Publications Ltd |
| Frequency | Continuous |
| Yes | |
| License | CC BY 3.0, CC BY 4.0, and CC0 |
| N/A (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | eLife |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | ELIFA8 |
| ISSN | 2050-084X |
| OCLC no. | 813236730 |
| Links | |
eLife is a not-for-profit, peer-reviewed, open access, science publisher for the biomedical and life sciences. It was established at the end of 2012 by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Max Planck Society, and Wellcome Trust, following a workshop held in 2010 at the Janelia Farm Research Campus. Together, these organizations provided the initial funding to support the business and publishing operations. In 2016, the organizations committed US$26 million to continue publication of the journal.
Editorial decisions are made largely by senior editors and members of the board of reviewing editors, all of whom are active scientists working in fields ranging from human genetics and neuroscience to biophysics, epidemiology, and ecology.
In October 2023, eLife controversially fired chief editor Michael Eisen for retweeting The Onion piece satirizing the Israel-Hamas conflict.