Bioscience Horizons is highly commended for publishing innovation
22 September 2008Oxford Journals is delighted to announce that Bioscience Horizons has been awarded a Highly Commended certificate by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) for publishing innovation. The winners of the 2008 awards were announced at the ALPSP International Conference Dinner on Thursday 11 September 2008.
Bioscience Horizons is the first national expert-reviewed journal dedicated to undergraduate bioscience research to be published by a professional publisher and aims to showcase the best research undertaken by undergraduates in the UK and Republic of Ireland.Dr Celia Knight, Chair of the Bioscience Horizons editorial board, comments, “We are greatly encouraged by the news of this certificate for publishing innovation. Bioscience Horizons provides an outlet for students to publish their research, while training them in the process of publication; it also shows future undergraduates what to aim for. While high quality undergraduate research contributes to standard research papers and should continue to do so, the role an undergraduate plays in generating new knowledge is not always obvious. Bioscience Horizons aims to appeal to undergraduates and provide a tool for educators. This certificate demonstrates that the scholarly community really values a journal which advances the links between research and teaching.”
This exciting new journal, which is published twice a year, includes papers covering a wide range of the biological sciences, from molecular biology to ecology. The journal was sponsored in its first year by the University of Leeds and Oxford University Press, and the Biotechnology and Biosciences Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is now sponsoring an evaluation of its impact on postgraduate training.
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