It’s all in the name — A step forward— Readers’ survey — Annual General Meeting 2004 — EASE Forum — Contributions for the next issue
Communicating science: the editor’s role. Marie-Louise Desbarats-Schönbaum
Peer reviewer opinions regarding publication-specific acknowledgements: a survey study. Michael Berkwits, A Russell Localio, Frank Davidoff
Editorial decision-making based on abstracts. Sara Schroter, Helen Barratt
Editing biomedical journals in Croatia. Ana Marusic, Matko Marusic
What’s in a name. Mark Powlson; Maeve O’Connor; Marie-Louise Desbarats-Schönbaum; Bob Huggan
Editing and scientific “truth”: 8th general assembly and conference of EASE. Elisabeth Heseltine, Maggie Brunner
Annual committee on publication ethics (COPE) 2003. Birte Twisselmann, Richard Smith
First regional conference on medical journalism in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. Farrokh Habibzadeh
September–December 2003. Elise Langdon-Neuner (compiler)
Curate’s egg — Use of possessive form of eponyms and italics — Lost in cyberspace— Searching for the “s” — Transatlantic differences — Redirecting ownership of intellectual property — Forum moderator/commentator — Joining the forum
Peer review journals and controversial science. Liz Wager
R M Ritter: The Oxford guide to style (reviewed by John Kirkman)
Michele Sabto: The on-screen editing handbook (reviewed by Kathleen Lyle)
Paul Pedley: Copyright& the internet — myth and reality (reviewed by AJ (Tom) van Loon)
Andrew L Ternay, Jr: The language of nightmares (reviewed by Bob Huggan)
The Editors’ WebWatch. Moira Vekony
News Notes. Margaret Cooter
Forthcoming meetings, courses and BELS examinations
The Editor’s Bookshelf. Jane Moody
Membership list additions and changes
Instructions to authors contributing to European Science Editing
ESE index, 2002–2003 [announcement]
Membership of EASE [membership information and application form]