Editorial independence for CMAJ: signposts along the road

Olfaction: Chemical Signposts along the Silk Road

A recent study on the reception of olfactory cues by silkworm larvae illustrates how the convergence of genomic, physiological and ecological data promises to shed light on the origins and evolution of chemically mediated interactions between plants and insects.

Editorial autonomy of CMAJ.

Punctuated Parsing: Signposts Along the Garden-Path

Although there has been some speculation concerning the role played by punctuation in parsing, there has been amazingly little empirical investigation of the issue. Punctuation appears to be a widely neglected topic. For the most part, where punctuation has been included in parsing studies, investigators have simply assumed that punctuation, such as commas, can be used to effectively disambigua...

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 'autonomy ' in learned journals: lessons from the CMAJ episode.