Current Science

期刊简介：Current Science, published every fortnight by the Association, in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences, is the leading interdisciplinary science journal from India. It was started in 1932 by the then stalwarts of Indian science such as CV Raman, Birbal Sahni, Meghnad Saha, Martin Foster and S.S. Bhatnagar. In 2011, the journal completed one hundred volumes. The journal is intended as a medium for communication and discussion of important issues that concern science and scientific activities. Besides full length research articles and shorter research communications, the journal publishes review articles, scientific correspondence and commentaries, news and views, comments on recently published research papers, opinions on scientific activity, articles on universities, Indian laboratories and institutions, interviews with scientists, personal information, book reviews, etc. It is also a forum to discuss issues and problems faced by science and scientists and an effective medium of interaction among scientists in the country and abroad. Current Science is read by a large community of scientists and the circulation has been continuously going up.Current Science publishes special sections on diverse and topical themes of interest and this has served as a platform for the scientific fraternity to get their work acknowledged and highlighted. Some of the special sections that have been well received in the recent past include remote sensing, waves and symmetry, seismology in India, nanomaterials, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, molecular biology of ageing, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, Indian monsoon, water, transport, and mountain weather forecasting in India, to name a few. Contributions to these special issues ‘which receive widespread attention’ are from leading scientists in India and abroad.

【译文】Current Science是一本由协会每两周出版，与印度科学院合作的主要跨学科科学期刊。它始于1932年，当时由印度科学界的杰出人物如C.V.拉曼、Birbal Sahni、Meghnad Saha、Martin Foster和S.S. Bhatnagar创办。2011年，该期刊完成了第一百卷。该期刊旨在成为沟通和讨论涉及科学和科学活动的重要问题的媒介。除了全文研究文章和较短的研究通讯外，该期刊还发表评论文章、科学信件和评论、新闻和观点、对最近发表的研究论文的评论、对科学活动的看法、关于大学、印度实验室和机构的文章、科学家访谈、个人信息、书评等。它也是讨论科学和科学家面临的问题的论坛，以及国内外科学家之间有效互动的媒介。Current Science被大量科学家阅读，发行量一直在上升。Current Science还出版关于各种和热门主题的特别版块，这为科学界提供了一个让他们的工作得到认可和突出展示的平台。最近受到好评的一些特别版块包括遥感、波和对称性、印度地震学、纳米材料、艾滋病、阿尔茨海默病、衰老的分子生物学、癌症、心血管疾病、印度季风、水、交通以及印度的山岳天气预报等。这些特别问题‘受到广泛关注’的贡献来自印度和国外的领先科学家。