Professional Organizations serve several different roles in the Sciences. They provide information to their members and researchers through their publications, both journals and books. They also help educate the public by raising public awareness of issues and informing the public of new advancements in their fields. Finally, they define and set standards for their fields, through adoption of codes of ethics and other work.
This page contains links to selected Professional Organizations in the Biological Sciences. A box at the bottom of the page links to lists of scholarly organizations in various fields of Biology from the Scholarly societies project. To suggest that an organization be added, please contact Linda Zellmer.
Each discipline in the Biological and Life Sciences may have a different writing style. Check the information for authors provided by journals in specific disciplines, especially the major journal published by societies in those disciplines. The following links connect to lists of professional organizations in various Biological and Life Science disciplines developed and maintained by the Scholarly Societies Project at the University of Waterloo Library.