Undergraduate students can now get their research published in their own journal

Oxford University Press together with a consortium of UK academics has launched a new journal, BioscienceHorizons, which is unique among scientific journals in that they publish exclusively papers by undergraduate students about their own final year projects.

All British and Irish universities can nominate their best final year projects. The student then rewrites his thesis into the format of a scientific paper and submits it. The paper will be reviewed by academics in the field and the best papers will be published.

The aim of the journal is to promote teaching-research links in the UK, to acknowledge the skills and achievements of undergraduate students and to motivate and inspire future students.

The first issue of BioscienceHorizons is now out and include papers on cancer research, the yeast genome and variation in marsh orchids. Read more here.

BioscienceHorizons only publish final year projects from UK and Irish students in the bioscience/life science area, but hopefully it can inspire to similar journals aimed at other fields and in other countries