%0 Journal Article
%T Advancing the Vision: New PubMed Indexing, Creative Commons Licensing, and December Highlights
%A Christopher J. Woolverton
%J Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
%D 2012
%I American Society for Microbiology
%R 10.1128/jmbe.v13i2.508
%X In the two years since the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) published the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action report, the national momentum to transform undergraduate biology education has driven the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education (JMBE)¡¯s growth in readership and authorship. Since January 2010, the Journal has more than doubled its registered users and overall submissions have increased by nearly 40%. International presence on the Journal¡¯s Editorial Board is currently at 13%, thanks to Research Editor Kathy M. Takayama¡¯s work to incorporate biology educators on a global scale. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM)¡¯s faculty training programs¡ªsuch as the ASM/JGI Genomic Sciences Programs and the ASM/ NSF Biology Scholars Program¡ªconnect scholars with the Editorial Board and expose them to JMBE¡¯s open access content. After they train and/or present at the annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE), our readers are poised to submit their work to JMBE. In 2012, 37% of published JMBE authors are alumni of these ASM programs.
%K editorial
%K update
%U http://jmbe.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/508