© Robin Williams BSc MPhil PhD FBCA
The Journal of Biocommunication is on an open access platform starting with Volume 40, Issue 1. This means that all articles published by the BCA and AMI in the JBC will be freely available to read, download and share.
The Journal Management board is pleased to announce the publication of JBC issue 48-1. In this issue, we have assembled a diverse range of topics. Our first column features the technical and professional insights of Michael Hickman discussing the role of the technical director, its underutilization in the field of medical animation, and specific use cases where it could improve a production pipeline.
We also include a featured article by Francois Luks, Ian Suk, Ni-Ka Ford, and Phillip Boiselle reflecting on the famous medical illustrations of Dr. Frank Netter and the reasons why they have resonated so well with medical professionals and students alike. They point out Netter's strengths, while also highlighting a very key weakness in the diversity of the subjects that Netter depicts, providing examples and initiatives for medical illustrators to improve representation in our bodies of work.
Our JBC Gallery features the winners from the BioCommunications Associations 2023 BioImages Salon. If you've not yet seen these award-winning images and media, you're in for a visual treat.
The direct link to the JBC 48-1 table of contents is: https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/jbc/issue/view/758
We would like to thank the members of our Management Board, our editors, advisors, and authors for their important contributions.
Sam Bond & Kelly Cloninger
Co-Chairs, Journal Management Board
The goal of the Journal is best understood from its mission statement:
"The Journal of Biocommunication is dedicated to serving as a showcase of biocommunication techniques; describing proven and experimental procedures in medical art and illustration, print, photography, film, television, computer, multimedia systems, and other communication modalities applied in the health sciences."
Each year the Journal publishes two issues electronically via the internet. A typical issue includes featured papers on biomedical communications subjects; columns on various technical topics, both current and historical; a gallery of biocommunication images (still and motion-media) from the annual media competitions of the consortium's Associations; a showcase of elegant images produced by an invited individual or group; a listing of association and tradeshow events, and updates on newly released commercial technologies and equipment; plus, editorials on topical concerns and interests of all biocommunicators.
JBC Communication
Paramount to the reader's interaction with the Journal is the various methods of communication. Authors' e-mail addresses are linked with their copy affording an immediate
tool to raise questions or make comments. Figures and/or illustrations may be displayed with interactive elements (i.e.: computer graphics, multi-media, animation, etc.). Motion media
productions are presented as short clips, including audio, allowing a better representation of content than can be viewed with only still images. Plus, additional resources, suggested
reading, references, etc., are "hot-linked" to internet sites. And finally, the opportunity to submit one's own work for potential publication makes the Journal perhaps the most valuable
benefit of being a member of the BioCommunications Association.
Back issues of the journal of the Biological Photographic Association from the first issue in 1932 are available as pdf documents. Contact the BCA office for access.
