Introductiontothejournal
"Science"magazineisacomprehensivesciencemagazine,theEnglishname:ScienceMagazine.Itsscientificnewsreports,reviews,analysis,bookreviews,etc.areallauthoritativesciencematerials,andthemagazineisalsosuitableforgeneralreaders.
Themainfocusofthejournalistopublishimportantoriginalscientificresearchandscientificresearchreviews.Inaddition,"Science"alsopublishesscience-relatednews,viewsonscienceandtechnologypoliciesandmattersofinteresttoscientists.Unlikemostscientificjournalsthatfocusonaspecificfield,ScienceanditsrivalNaturejournalscoveralldisciplines.Accordingtothejournalcitationreport,theimpactfactorofSciencein2014was31.477.
Although"Science"isajournaloftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,membershipofAAASisnotrequiredtopublisharticles."Science"receivespapersfromauthorsaroundtheworld.Thecompetitionforpublishingarticlesisextremelyfierce,becausearticlespublishedinsuchhigh-citedjournalscanattractattentiontoauthorsandcontributetotheircareerdevelopment.However,lessthan10%ofthearticlessubmittedtotheeditorwillbeacceptedforpublication,andallresearcharticlesmustbepeerreviewedbeforebeingpublished.
Thepurposeofthejournal
"Developingscienceandservingthesociety"isthepurposeofAAASandalsoof"Science"magazine.
DevelopmentHistory
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In1880,NewYorkNewsreporterJohnMichaels(English:JohnMichaels)founded"Science",whichwasfundedbyThomasEdisonandAlexanderGrahamBell.However,becauseitneverhadenoughuserstocontinue,"Science"ceasedpublicationinMarch1882.Ayearlater,entomologistSamuelHubbardScudderbroughtitbacktolifeandachievedsomesuccess.However,in1894,"Science"fellintoafinancialcrisisagain,andwassubsequentlytransferredtopsychologistJamesMcKeenCattellfor$500.In1900,CattellreachedanagreementwithLelandOssianHoward,secretaryoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,and"Science"becameajournaloftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience.Intheearly20thcentury,importantarticlespublishedinScienceincludedThomasHunterMorgan’sDrosophilaGenetics,AlbertEinstein’sGravitationalLens,andEdwinHubble’sSpiralGalaxy.AfterCattell'sdeathin1944,AAASbecamethenewownerofScience.
SubsidiaryNewspapers
CombinedAtlas(5)
ScienceAdvancesScienceTranslationalMedicine
ScienceSignaling
ScienceImmunology
ScienceRobotics
Fundingsources
Mostscientificandtechnologicaljournalshavetocollectreviews,comments,andpublicationsfromreadersRelatedcosts.But"Science"magazinepublishesthemanuscriptforfree.Thesourceoffundingforthemagazinehasthreeparts:AAASmembershipfee,printandonlinesubscriptionfees,andadvertisingfees.
Competitors
Globally,themainrivalof"Science"magazineisthe"Nature"magazineinLondon,England.ArticlesbyXuLiandothermasters.Inthefirstfouryearsofthe21stcentury,thetwocompetedfiercelyforthefirsttopublishamapofthehumangeneticarrangement.
Currenteditor-in-chief
Thecurrenteditor-in-chiefof"Science"magazine,DonaldKennedy,graduatedfromHarvardUniversitywithaPh.D.,istheeighthpresidentofStanfordUniversityandafamousprofessorofenvironmentalscience.
OntheafternoonofJanuary13,2014,PremierLiKeqiangmetwiththeeditor-in-chiefoftheAmerican"Science"magazineManatinZiguangge,Zhongnanhai,andansweredquestionsonscienceandtechnology,aerospace,education,climatechange,environmentalprotectionandotherissues.
LiKeqiangsaidthatrespectingscienceandrespectingknowledgeisthefinetraditionoftheChinesenation.Intoday'sera,scienceandtechnologyarenotonlyrelatedtoeconomicandsocialdevelopment,butalsorelatedtotheimprovementofpeople'slivelihood.Itishopedthat"Science"magazinewillcontinuetosupporttheprogressofChina'sscientificandtechnologicalundertakings,promotebasicscientificresearch,activelyspreadthevoiceoftheChinesescientificcommunitytotheinternationalcommunity,andexpandtheexchangeandmutuallearningofscientificresearchresultsbetweenChinaandforeigncountries.
ThedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyisveryimportanttopromotethequalityandefficiencyofChina'seconomy.Inthepastyear,Chinahasinnovatedmacro-controlmethods,overcomemanydifficultiesandchallenges,andachievedeconomicstabilityandimprovement.Amongthem,scientificandtechnologicalinnovationhasplayedapositiveroleinpromoting.Underthenewsituation,wewilldeepenreforms,breakthroughtheconstraintsofsystemsandmechanisms,takehumancreativityasthecoreofpromotinginnovation,relymoreonscientificandtechnologicalinnovationtoleadandsupport,andpromotesustainedeconomicdevelopmentandcontinuoussocialprogress.
ManatcongratulatedChina'sChang'e-3onthesuccessfullandingofthemoonnotlongago,andwishedChinagreaterachievementsinaerospace,spaceexplorationandotherfields.ShesaidthatChinaattachesgreatimportancetoscience,makesfulluseofscienceandtechnologytodevelopeconomy,improvepeople'slivelihood,activelyrespondtoglobalchallengessuchasclimatechangeandenvironmentalpollution,conductscientificcooperationwithforeigncountries,andcultivatescientificandtechnologicaltalentsfordevelopingcountries.ThiswillgreatlypromoteChinaandtheworld.Sustainabledevelopment."Science"looksforwardtofurtherstrengtheningexchangesandcooperationwithChina.
Journalcontroversy
In2002,"Science"magazinewithdrew8paperspublishedbyGermanphysicistJanHendrikSchönbecausemanydatainthearticlewerefabricatedbytheauthor.Apaperpublishedin2002ontheneurologicaltoxicityofthedrugMethylenedioxyamphetamine(MDMA)causedsomecontroversy,andthepaperwaswithdrawnin2003.
In2006,theSouthKoreanbiologistHwangWoo-sukpublishedapaperonthestudyofhumanstemcellcloneembryospublishedinthejournalScience,whichwasfoundtobeobviouslyfraudulentbySeoulNationalUniversity.Theinvestigationcommitteeestablishedbythe"Science"magazinefoundthatalthoughthepaperwasreviewedaccordingtonormalprocedures,themagazinewasunabletodoanythingaboutthedeliberatefraud.Therefore,thecommitteerecommendsthatthereceivedmanuscriptsshouldbeclassifiedasnon-controversialandcontroversialarticles,sothatcontroversialarticlescanbescrutinizedmorestrictly."Science"magazinealsoindicatedthat"Nature"magazinemayadoptthesamepaperreviewstandardafterthis.
Kennedydefendedthecensorshipsystemof"Science"magazine,pointingoutthatstrictresponsetofraudcanonlybe"inordertouncoveraccidentalcheaters,andtotakeoffensivecensorshipofmanybranchesofscienceatanycost".
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