Editors are human: what should we do if they fail? AJ (Tom) van Loon
Be yond electrification: innovative models of scientific and scholarly publication. Stefan Gradmann
Editors in Europe: EASE and its predecessors. Maeve O’Connor
Editing scientific journals in mainland China. Shengli Ren
An un happy equation: mistrust + confusion + politics = interference with science information transfer. Karen Shashok
Open access. Vlatko Silobrcic
Editorials. Mark Powlson
Suggestions on reviewing from the world of marine biology. Liz Wager
Greetings from the new section editor. Stuart Handysides
Spreading the word: who profits from scientific publishing? EuroScience Open
Forum symposium. Siméon Anguelov, Pierre Baruch, Françoise Praderie
Second regional conference on medical journalism in the WHO Eastern
Mediterranean Re gion. Farrokh Habibzadeh
Ethics of the peer re view sys tem: 32nd In ternational Geological Congress. AJ (Tom) van Loon
October–December 2004. Elise Langdon-Neuner (compiler)
Janet Mackenzie: The editor’s companion (reviewed by Basil Walby)
Jane Dorner: Writing for the Internet (reviewed by Moira A Vekony)
Programme committee: 4th report. AJ (Tom) van Loon
Publications committee. Hervé Maisonneuve
The Editors’ WebWatch. Moira Vekony
News Notes. Margaret Cooter
Forth coming meetings, courses and BELS examinations
The Editor’s Book shelf. Jane Moody
Member ship list additions and changes
Instructions to authors contributing to European Science Editing
Member ship of EASE [member ship in formation and application form]