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Editorial † † www.biohorizons.oxfordjournals.org Volume 2 Number 2 June 2009 value to the student of sole authorship is acknowledged by the majority. Unsurprisingly, the journal is less well known by the This issue sees the completion of another successful volume broader undergraduate population to date. However, all for Bioscience Horizons with 23 papers being published in student authors who responded to the survey strongly the two issues of Volume 2. agreed that the experience both benefited them and helped During this year we have surveyed the views of both aca- them to appreciate better how science was communicated. demics and students on Volume 1 and received some very It is very gratifying to see one of the founding principles of positive comments, which is extremely pleasing. In all, the journal—that of providing students with a means of 84 universities have engaged with the journal either by developing their science communication skills—being borne submitting students’ papers or responding to the surveys. out by the authors’ experience in practice. We are also pleased to note that the journal is being We are also delighted to have secured support from several accessed regularly on-line at very respectable levels. learned societies; we thank the Society for Reproduction and While the feedback elicited by our surveys provided some Fertility, the Society for General Microbiology and the useful suggestions and comments, the main message was Society for Experimental Biology for their sponsorship. that the format and procedure for attracting submissions We will be writing to Heads of Departments to invite sub- worked well and should not change in the immediate future. missions for Volume 3 in May 2009 and will be continuing Given this affirmation, we would like to take this opportunity to work hard to secure the longer-term future for Bioscience to reiterate our policy that students be the sole named authors, Horizons beyond Volume 3. with acknowledgements clearly given to supervisors— Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank and other individuals who have provided support during Aurora Levesley for her contribution to developing the the completion of the research on which the sub- journal and for providing administrative support for mission is based—where appropriate. Although this matter Volumes 1 and 2. causes a few supervisors concern, because of the need for Bioscience Horizons Editorial Board them to accumulate citable references, it is clear that the ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bioscience Horizons Oxford University Press

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† † www.biohorizons.oxfordjournals.org Volume 2 Number 2 June 2009 value to the student of sole authorship is acknowledged by the majority. Unsurprisingly, the journal is less well known by the This issue sees the completion of another successful volume broader undergraduate population to date. However, all for Bioscience Horizons with 23 papers being published in student authors who responded to the survey strongly the two issues of Volume 2. agreed that the experience both benefited them and helped During this year we have surveyed the views of both aca- them to appreciate better how science was communicated. demics and students on Volume 1 and received some very It is very gratifying to see one of the founding principles of positive comments, which is extremely pleasing. In all, the journal—that of providing students with a means of 84 universities have engaged with the journal either by developing their science communication skills—being borne submitting students’ papers or responding to the surveys. out by the authors’ experience in practice. We are also pleased to note that the journal is being We are also delighted to have secured support from several accessed regularly on-line at very respectable levels. learned societies; we thank the Society for Reproduction and While the feedback elicited by our surveys provided some Fertility, the Society for General Microbiology and the useful suggestions and comments, the main message was Society for Experimental Biology for their sponsorship. that the format and procedure for attracting submissions We will be writing to Heads of Departments to invite sub- worked well and should not change in the immediate future. missions for Volume 3 in May 2009 and will be continuing Given this affirmation, we would like to take this opportunity to work hard to secure the longer-term future for Bioscience to reiterate our policy that students be the sole named authors, Horizons beyond Volume 3. with acknowledgements clearly given to supervisors— Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank and other individuals who have provided support during Aurora Levesley for her contribution to developing the the completion of the research on which the sub- journal and for providing administrative support for mission is based—where appropriate. Although this matter Volumes 1 and 2. causes a few supervisors concern, because of the need for Bioscience Horizons Editorial Board them to accumulate citable references, it is clear that the .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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