SURE_J Editorial 2

Welcome to the second issue of SURE-J; the Science Undergraduate Research Experience Journal!

This second issue builds on the inaugural issue which has, in the year since publication, had a significant impact on the wider scientific community. Primarily, SURE_J offers a route to dissemination for undergraduate research that is both scholarly and robust. However, SURE_J also contributes to the wider scientific knowledge base. In the year since the first issue was released there have been almost 1000 downloads of the six papers that comprise the first issue. The reach and range of the downloads is equally impressive; predominantly the papers are downloaded in Ireland, with almost 400 downloads in one year. However, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, China, India and the Russian Federation make up the top five countries outside of Ireland, as ranked per paper download quantity. The research presented in SURE_J is informing scientists beyond the undergraduate classrooms and
laboratories, and beyond Ireland too.

This issue contains two publications; one presents an invitro examination of the relationship between subpathophysiological concentrations of reactive oxygen species and the anomalous non-genotoxic carcinogenicity induced by semicarbazide through the upregulation of intracellular signalling pathways. The second explores the relationship between the weight status of young children and parental feeding style and parental perceptions of weight status.

This second issue of SURE_J has less papers than the first issue and is, perhaps, a sign of a year that was punctuated with Covid19-related disruptions. As we continue to adapt to our new normal, I hope that submissions to SURE_J will resume in earnest. Undergraduate authors from around the world are invited to submit their research to be double blind peer-reviewed and published under an Open Access and Creative Commons licence. A supportive SURE_J
Editorial Board will guide novice authors throughout this process. If issue one is used as a comparison, each SURE_J issue and paper within will continue to have a significant impact on scientific research.