Projects across the UK and size of departments vary; does this matter?
Can a department submit more than one nomination for consideration?
Supposing the student or supervisor does not agree to the conditions or cannot meet the submission dates?
What happens if your student’s work is selected for publication?
What happens if review recommends major revision?
What is the supervisor’s role?
Why does the University and not the student submit the final paper?
What if the student’s research work is likely to form part of another publication from the Department?
Who has academic/scientific responsibility for the work described in the paper?
What happens to the paper after submission to the Editorial Board?
What happens to the paper after submission to OUP?
Will the publication have an ISSN number?
Projects across the UK and size of departments vary; does this matter?
No - you decide which projects represent a high standard under your conditions and tell us what these conditions are e.g. 6 weeks project worth 20 credits etc.
Can a department submit more than one nomination for consideration?
Yes – you may submit a maximum of two projects for consideration by the Editorial Board. If your University structure means that this covers a very large group of students e.g more than about 300, and you would like to submit more, please contact us at Biohorizons@leeds.ac.uk.
Supposing the student or supervisor does not agree to the conditions or cannot meet the submission dates?
The conditions are not negotiable and you may want to identify several contenders in case this happens.
What happens if your student’s work is selected for publication?
The Editorial Board will communicate directly with the student and the student must do the re-writing, but they may need some interpretation of the guidance from you.
What happens if review recommends major revision?
The editorial board will give detailed comments on necessary revisions and the student must decide whether to address these. If they do the paper must be signed off again by the supervisor. In most cases these papers will be published in the May issue.
What is the supervisor’s role?
The supervisor must agree to the nomination. The supervisor may advise the student but not re-write and may not be a co-author of the final paper. The supervisor must countersign the Author’s agreement and, if major revisions are needed, must also sign off that these have been made. The supervisor’s name will be credited in the publication.
Why does the University and not the student submit the final paper?
By submitting one of your student’s papers, you confirm that the work has been reviewed by academics, that the rewritten work is true to the original, and that the student is the sole author.
What if the student’s research work is likely to form part of another publication from the Department?
Clearly, some of the best student work will be published in peer-reviewed journals. It is up to the Department to take account of this possibility and to decide if a student’s name should be allowed to go forward as a nomination for Bioscience Horizons. Note that publication in Bioscience Horizons constitutes a fully citable publication.
Who has academic/scientific responsibility for the work described in the paper?
The Student, as author, takes responsibility for the content of the paper but permission to publish will have been given by the Supervisor on behalf of their institution.
What happens to the paper after submission to the Editorial Board?
The Editorial Board will send the paper to an appropriate academic reviewer.
What happens to the paper after submission to OUP?
OUP take responsibility for publishing 2 issues in the academic year 2007-8 according to the standards of their Journals Division.
Will the publication have an ISSN number?
Yes, which means that the work cannot be published elsewhere. Please see information for authors.