USM’s Gulf and Caribbean 研究 杂志 Gives Undergraduate Students Publication 机会 & 经历

星期五, 04/12/2024 - 09:46am | By: Gabriela Shinskie

Imagine having the opportunity to publish undergraduate research in a scientific peer-reviewed 杂志. The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Gulf and Caribbean 研究 (GCR) 杂志 offers research publishing experience for anyone interested in making a scientific impact in marine and coastal sciences.

For 63 years, the 杂志 has published peer-reviewed research to a diverse community looking to make a mark in science. Dr. 马克年代. Peterson and Nancy Brown-Peterson, editors of the GCR, have been dedicated to the 杂志 for 30 years. Mark became Editor-in-Chief in 1994 and realized the significance of the 杂志’s presence for USM. 他后来 created an editorial board comprised of Associate Editors within the Gulf Coast 研究 Laboratory (GCRL) and additional external Associate Editors throughout the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and Latin America to ignite the 杂志 in the community. 南希开始 working with the 杂志 in 2008, first as assistant editor and then as co-editor 自2015年以来. Despite both Nancy and Mark officially “retiring” from USM in 2016, they continue their jobs as co-editors of the 杂志.

Gulf and Caribbean 研究 receives submissions from across the globe based on research conducted within the GOM, Caribbean, and Latin America regions. With Nancy’s fluency in Spanish, she can help translate many submissions into better English to publish in the 杂志, once the paper is accepted by external reviewers. The 杂志 has taken off exponentially, and since 2019, a growing partnership with the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) opened the door for undergraduates to publish their own work.

“Early on in students’ careers, this partnership gets them integrated into research. It helps them to understand good science. It’s also good for the 杂志 to work with undergraduates,” states Mark.

The DISL collaboration has resulted in GCR publishing 24 peer-reviewed short research communications by undergraduate students participating in the National Science Foundation-funded 研究 经历 for Undergraduates (REU) program. Having a student publish an article electrifies their interest in research, writing, and publishing, and gives them good experience with extensive peer reviews.

“For an undergraduate student to get a publication is huge!”马克说。.

The 杂志 has attracted submissions from undergraduate students participating in the REU program from across the country. A renewal of the program is set to be decided 在夏天.

“We are hoping to continue this program,” said Nancy.

GCR moved in 2016 to online publication with help from Josh Cromwell, Scholarly Communications Manager and Administrator of The Aquila Digital Community, 振子结构库. An online presence expedites accepted articles to be published and distributed quicker to the community. Additionally, the 杂志 received a Scopus 得分为1.7 and a Web of Science impact factor of 1.1 in 2023 which encourages scientists to publish in GCR.

“We are getting a lot of submissions,” expressed Nancy.

“Having an online presence for the 杂志 is vital because it provides the opportunity for the scholarship the 杂志 publishes to reach a much wider community of readers and researchers than a print 杂志 can reach,” said Cromwell. “That wider reach gives that research a greater opportunity to make a difference, both in shaping subsequent research and in broadening our understanding of the world around us.”

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