British Journal of Biomedical Science in 2017: What have we learned?

Abstract

In 2017 the British Journal of Biomedical Science published 35 articles in the various disciplines that comprise biomedical science. These were 6 reviews, 22 original articles, 6 ‘In Brief’ short reports and one guideline. Of these, the majority were in clinical chemistry (one review, six data papers), microbiology (one review, four data papers), cellular pathology (four data papers) and virology (one review, two data papers). There were two data papers in transfusion science, whilst haematology, cytopathology and immunology were each represented by one review and one data paper. Reflecting the increasing complexity of the laboratory, five data papers crossed barriers between traditional disciplines, and so may be described as multidisciplinary. The present report will summarise key aspects of these publications.

Keywords:

• Biomedical science
• cellular pathology
• clinical chemistry
• cytopathology
• haematology
• immunology
• microbiology
• transfusion science
• virology

Acknowledgements

It is my pleasure to thank our colleagues (almost all of whom are practicing biomedical or clinical scientists) who have given their invaluable time and opinions as to the value of the manuscripts submitted to our Journal. Without them the Journal could not operate …

Alex Javed, Sally Barratt, Guy Orchard, David Muskett, Anthony Warford, Sharon Forest, Gary Reynolds, Qiuyu Wang, Mary Hannon-Fletcher, Brian Nation, David Wells, Nigel Brown, Derrick Edgerton, Paul Waller, Jamie West, Joanna Andrews, Arthur Strachan, Ian Rothnie, Andrew Botham, Martin McFadden, Allan Wilson, Gary Collins, John Crossley, Beverley Crossley, David Gurney, Gordon Sinclair, Ian Jennings, Sukhjinder Marwah, Nicola Lawrence, Jane Needham, Guiseppe Lippi, Richard Cartwright, Christopher Scott, Dawn Barge, Jennifer List, David Wilson, Fiona Lyon, Rehena Jauhangeer, Maureen Moody, Panagiotis Pantelidis, Steve Davies, Jennifer Collins, Ruhi Siddique, Azra Khan, Mike Palmer, Ron Cutler, Brigid Lucey, Jonathan Lewis, James Nottle, Nicola Boran, John Moore, Javed Yakoob, Chris Elliott, Karen Madgwick, Malcolm Needs, Jill Caulfield, Stephen Hughes, Sally Cutler, Sarah Pitt, Melvyn Smith, G Stuart, Trefor Morris, Lesley Cain, Gavin Knight, Saida Solkar, Jonathan Evans.

Notes

This commentary is the object of a journal-based-learning event for continuing professional development.