Motivator for enthusiastic and able students

Motivator for enthusiastic and able students

• Motivator for enthusiastic and able students

• Publication of valuable research

• First step on the publication ladder for those considering research

• Useful addition to graduate’s CV

• Showcase for junior cohorts…this is what you can achieve.

• Marketing tool?

Mainstream bioscience journals

• Mainstream bioscience journals

• In house UG journals….Origins, BURN, Biolog-e

• Cross-disciplinary journals such as “Reinvention” …Warwick, The Plymouth Scientist….

• Bioscience Horizons

Martin Luck, University of Nottingham (Chair of Management Board)

• Martin Luck, University of Nottingham (Chair of Management Board)

• Neil Morris, University of Leeds (Editor in Chief)

• Julian Park, University of Reading

• Cynthia Burek, University of Chester

• Jonathan Green, Univrsity of Birmingham

• Momna Hejmadi, University of Bath

• Jennifer Boyd, Oxford University Press

To promote the link between teaching and research in Higher Education

• To promote the link between teaching and research in Higher Education

• To provide a repository of high quality student research which will be useful to other students and staff

• To provide a forum for students, their supervisors and Universities, to showcase high quality research work

• To illustrate the student skill base to prospective employers.

Publishing agreement with OUP

• Publishing agreement with OUP

• Journal has a website, see www.biohorizons.oxfordjournals.org

• OUP published two e-pilot editions in 2007/08, with hardcopy for publicity

• 2011/2012 saw major overhaul of the submission process

• 2013 the journal went International and included taught M-level outputs

• Supervisors can now be co-authors

64 different HEIs since establishment

• 64 different HEIs since establishment

• Papers from 32 different institutions in 2013

• 32 new papers in 2013, 21 being primary research, 11 reviews

• Currently

• 10 accepted following revision
• 3 undergoing minor changes
• 11 undergoing major revision
• 9 rejected/withdrawn
• 8 under review

International

• International

• Usually two reviewers

• Quality, quality, quality

• Equivalent to “normal” journal review

• Rejection is common and can be awkward!

• The effects of immune challenge on locust salivary glands in vitro

• The thermal biology of lizards in relation to body surface temperature and lizard length.

• Factors controlling internal initiation of transcription at PRY3 in budding yeast

• An investigation to determine the variation in marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza) populations at Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton

If it is published in Bioscience Horizons can it be published elsewhere as well?

• If it is published in Bioscience Horizons can it be published elsewhere as well?

• What about authorship?

• Does the journal have an impact factor?

• I do not think I can convince colleagues to engage with this

• The supervisor of our best UG project wants to publish in another journal

• Are they just like “normal” papers?

Next year will be the 7th volume

• Next year will be the 7th volume

• Financial support from Founder Universities, BBSRC and Professional Societies to keep going

• Bioscience Horizons was runner up in the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Award for Publishing Innovation in 2008

• Various publications about the Journal

Best research paper - Effect of woodstack structure on invertebrate abundance and diversity by Richard Sands

• Best research paper - Effect of woodstack structure on invertebrate abundance and diversity by Richard Sands

• Best review paper – mGlu5 as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of fragile X syndrome by Lear Robertson

Bioscience Horizons provided me with a fantastic introduction to the processes involved in publishing scientific research, Michael Goldsworthy, 2008

• Bioscience Horizons provided me with a fantastic introduction to the processes involved in publishing scientific research, Michael Goldsworthy, 2008

• At an interview my prospective employer searched for my name on the internet, found my publication and offered me the position. Victoria Sebbage 2009

• The opportunity gave me confidence in my writing, making the publication of further work less daunting. Sarah-Jane Haig 2011

Clear about your objectives

• Clear about your objectives

• Dedicated team with clear responsibilities

• Try and work with a publishing house

• Consider the financial viability

• Good communication is essential

• Not everybody will share your enthusiasm!

Very high quality papers from very able students

• Very high quality papers from very able students

• Students very enthusiastic about the process

• We hope as volumes continue to accumulate it will provide a repository of UG excellence for reference

• Constant awareness raising…

• On-going sustainability issues

• You may be asked to review a paper…I hope you will!

• Contact

• Bioscience Horizons Editorial Office or the presenters directly