---------- Lonnie W. Aarssen ---------- Professor Department of Biology Queen's University Kingston, ON Canada, K7L 3N6 Editor Ideas in Ecology and Evolution http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/IEE ---------- Campus office: Room 4326, Biosciences Complex Email: [email protected] Web: http://post.queensu.ca/~aarssenl/ Tel: 613-533-6133Fax: 613-533-6617
DO YOU HAVE A NOVEL IDEA OR OPINION? Some of the most fertile ground
for the release of creativity in science can be found in the
relatively young open minds of graduate students and post-docs, who
are not yet biased by theory tenacity. If you are a grad student or
post-doc in ecology or evolution, and have a novel opinion or new
idea associated with your research, or resulting from your reading of
the literature, don't be intimidated by a self-perception of junior
status, and don't just blog it or sit on it while it gets scooped by
someone else. Consider taking the time to develop your hypothesis or
views as an opinion piece / commentary, get feedback from colleagues
and supervisors, and submit your manuscript to
<http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/IEE>Ideas in Ecology and
Evolution . IEE is an open-access electronic journal, where your
original thinking can be quickly subjected to critical assessment,
revision, debate, and further development, and quickly rewarded with
peer-reviewed publication credit, where it can therefore have
potential to make a significant contribution to the maturation of
theory and the progress of science within your discipline.
