From CBE Newsletter to Science Editor and beyond
When the Council of Science Editors began life in 1957 as the Conference of Biology Editors (CBE), their publication, CBE Newsletter, was a simple mimeographed & stapled pamphlet distributed “at no regular intervals but whenever some material of interest to members is ready and timely” (quoted in Tacker, CBE Views: A Look Back). Over time as the council matured and grew, the publication has become a full-featured scholarly journal first as CBE Views in 1978 and finally becoming Science Editor in 2000 to reflect the Council’s expanded scope and new name. In 2016, the new CSEScienceEditor.org launched, significantly improving time to publication and growing Science Editor‘s online presence. Today, Science Editor is one of the premier print and online publications serving as a “forum for the exchange of information and ideas among professionals concerned with publishing in the sciences.”
Editors of the CBE Newsletter, CBE Views, & Science Editor
CBE Newsletter
- 1959-1962 Fred R Cagle
- 1963-1969 Robert E Gordon
- 1969-1974 Karl Heumann
- 1975 David Frost
- 1975-1978 Bernard Forscher
CBE Views
- 1978-1979 Bernard Forscher
- 1979-1980 Evelyn S Myers
- 1981 Margaret Broadbent
- 1981-1986 Stephen R Geiger
- 1987-1991 Gisella Pollock
- 1991-1993 Sharon Boots
- 1993-1994 Alan Brush
- 1994-1998 Martha M Tacker
- 1998-1999 Barbara Gastel
Science Editor
- 2000-2010 Barbara Gastel
- 2010-2011 Rebecca Benner
- 2011 Teresa Melcher
- 2012-2014 Patty Baskin
- 2015-2018 Tracey DePellegrin
- 2018 – Jonathan Schultz