Editorial: The First Three Years (2013-2015) of Life: The Excitement of Biology

Abstract

Main Accomplishments 1. Expanded Indexing, Referencing, and Availability. Life: The Excitement of Biology continues to be indexed and its published articles detected by Biosis, Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Google Scholar, and Research Gate. In 2015, LEB became available through the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) although not in full text. Also, Life: The Excitement of Biology is scheduled for inclusion in EBSCO’s, Academic Search Ultimate (https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic-searchultimate), which is slated for release in September 2016. LEB continues participating fully in CitedBy (CrossRef, http://www.crossref.org/) and has a very good record of “resolutions”, that is, correctly directing readers who click on the links to the correct publication. Wholehearted thanks to the staff members of CrossRef, for their help, particularly when I have made mistakes. Basch Subscriptions, a Prenax company (http://basch.com/bsi/, http://www.prenax.com/), as well as WT Cox Information Services (http://www.wtcox.com/), two subscription management companies headquartered in the USA, now include Life: The Excitement of Biology in their online platform databases. 2. Increased Internationalization. More scholars have joined the Board of Editors of Life: The Excitement of Biology during 2015. Currently, the board has nearly 100 members representing over 40 countries worldwide. 3. “Responsive” Presence via Social Media. Life: The Excitement of Biology continues having a strong digital presence through our digital carrier, WordPress. Its website, blaypublishers.com, is compatible with different types of mobile devices and screen sizes. The term used for this among website developers is “responsive”, meaning that a web site follows responsive design principles. Also, LEB maintains a regular presence,