Editorial Independence for EHP

Editorial Independence for EHP

Over the years, Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) has emerged as one of the leading journals in the environmental health sciences. It can be argued that one reason for EHP's standing in the field of environmental health is its credibility as an unbiased source of news and research. With the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)—the journal's parent agency—under new d...

Editorial: EHP Evolution Continues

Mini-Monograph series this year, instead publishing more Review articles on topics that might once have been covered by Mini-Monographs. Here, we explain that decision and give some historical perspective on the Mini-Monographs. EHP was begun in 1972 by David P. Rall, then director of the NIEHS. In addition to publishing original research articles, the journal was intended as a means of publish...

Editorial independence: painful lessons.

EHP Update

volume 117 | number 1 | January 2009 • Environmental Health Perspectives January marks the completion of my first year as editor-in-chief of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). Anniversaries and new years always tend to promote reflection on the year just past and provide an opportunity to look toward the future. Readers of EHP are no doubt aware of the instability that the journal endured...

Editorial independence and ethics of research publication.