JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments)

What JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) does

JoVE (legally MyJoVE Corporation) is a for-profit, Cambridge-MA-based scientific publishing company founded in 2007 that operates the world's largest peer-reviewed scientific video journal. Its core product, the JoVE Journal, combines written manuscripts with professionally produced video demonstrations of laboratory procedures across 13 research subject sections — Behavior, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Cancer Research, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Environment, Genetics, Immunology and Infection, Medicine, and Neuroscience — totaling 16,000+ video publications. Content is indexed in PubMed and Web of Science, and the company advertises a 33-day time-to-first-decision peer review cycle, materially faster than traditional print journals. A second core product, the JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments, hosts 3,000+ advanced research method videos filmed at top-tier university laboratories.

The company has expanded beyond research publishing into education and adjacent product surfaces. Education offerings include JoVE Core (video-based core curricula for undergraduate/graduate science), JoVE Lab Manual (step-by-step visual lab protocols), and JoVE Science Education (broader subject coverage including Chemistry, Clinical, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Pharmacology, Physics, Psychology, Statistics, and others). Supplementary platform features include JoVE Visualize (data/research exploration), JoVE Quiz (assessment), and JoVE Playlists (curated collections). Biopharma and K-12 are explicit GTM segments, and early signals of Business Education (Accounting, Finance, Macroeconomics, Marketing) appear in site navigation.

JoVE monetizes exclusively through institutional subscription licensing to academic libraries, universities, and research organizations; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Distribution combines traditional enterprise/library sales with self-serve free trials, content marketing, webinars, email newsletters, and conference presence. Leadership remains founder-led (Moshe Pritsker, co-founder and CEO; co-founders Nikita Bernstein and Klaus Korak), and the company is private with no disclosed funding rounds, investors, M&A, or revenue figures on record. Named institutional customers include Western Sydney University, UC Irvine, Clemson University, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; the company cites a "2X increase in average student grade" as a quantifiable education outcome.

Name

JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments)

Legal name

MyJoVE Corporation

Website

https://jove.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JoVE is the world's largest peer-reviewed scientific video journal, serving academic researchers, university libraries, educators, biopharma, and K-12 schools with 16,000+ indexed video protocols across 13 disciplines via institutional subscription.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Access Academic Publishing (MPAJABAG), K–12 Textbook Publishing (Core Curriculum) (MPAJABAA)

Keywords

• Scientific video journal
• Research methodology videos
• Lab technique videos
• Peer-reviewed video protocols
• Academic video publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Revenue model

1. Institutional Subscriptions: JoVE operates on a subscription model providing access to video protocols and journal content to academic institutions, universities, and research organizations through library/institutional subscriptions

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JoVE is a peer-reviewed scientific video journal that produces and publishes video protocols demonstrating experimental methods, laboratory techniques, and research procedures across 13 scientific disciplines. The company distributes video-based research and educational content through institutional subscriptions to academic libraries, universities, research institutions, biopharma companies, and K-12 schools, with more than 16,000 video publications and 3,000 encyclopedia videos in its catalog.

Product overview

JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) operates as a video-based scientific publishing platform with two core products: the JoVE Journal (peer-reviewed scientific video journal with 16,000+ publications across 13 research disciplines) and the JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments (3,000+ advanced research method videos). The platform also includes education-focused products (JoVE Core, JoVE Lab Manual, JoVE Science Education) serving undergraduate and graduate science education, plus supplementary features (JoVE Visualize, JoVE Quiz, JoVE Playlists) for content discovery and assessment. Research subjects span Behavior, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Cancer Research, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Environment, Genetics, Immunology and Infection, Medicine, and Neuroscience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JoVE Journal: Scientific video journal with peer-reviewed video protocols, indexed in PubMed and Web of Science
• JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments
• JoVE Core
• JoVE Lab Manual
• JoVE Science Education
• JoVE Quiz
• JoVE Playlists
• JoVE Visualize

Products and services

• JoVE Journal
• JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments
• JoVE Core
• JoVE Lab Manual
• JoVE Science Education

Quantifiable outcome

• 2X increase in average student grade

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bio-protocol: Peer-reviewed journal of laboratory protocols; competes head-to-head with JoVE Journal in life-science methods publishing, though Bio-protocol is text/photo-led rather than video-first.
• protocols.io: Open protocol-sharing platform with step-by-step, often video-augmented methods. Closest functional competitor to JoVE's video protocol concept, differing in open access and community-driven model.

Broad incumbents

• Springer Nature: Large STM publisher (Nature portfolio, Springer, BMC); competes for institutional library budgets and author submissions, with the Nature Methods title overlapping JoVE's methods focus.
• Elsevier: Global scientific publisher (Cell, The Lancet, 2,500+ journals); institutional subscription competitor and potential acquirer/partner for JoVE's content engine.
• Wiley: Scientific publisher with Current Protocols and Wiley journals; competes for protocol-method subscriptions and library renewals.
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Publisher of leading life-science and protocol journals (e.g., Cold Spring Harbor Protocols); directly comparable in scope of high-quality methods publishing.

Emerging players

• PLOS: Open-access publisher (PLOS ONE, PLOS Biology); represents the open-access model JoVE may be forced to compete with or migrate toward as funder mandates spread.
• eLife: Peer-reviewed open-access journal in life sciences and medicine; competes for high-quality submissions and has pioneered faster peer review, mirroring JoVE's 33-day positioning.
• Labster: Virtual lab simulation company serving university science education; comparable in selling video/simulation-based science education content to universities and K-12 institutions.

Others

• Research Square / Springer Nature Experiments: Research Square (preprint/integrity services) and Springer Nature Experiments are protocol-discovery and integrity platforms that compete for the same researcher and librarian workflow JoVE targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JoVEJournal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jove
• Facebookfacebook.com/JoVEjournal

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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