Open Access Journals and Publishing 

Journals are moving toward open access formats. New open access journals continue to flood the forensic science discipline. As researched by Stacey et al. in this issue, costs to publish open access articles can be significant and as well as costs to download and read traditionally published articles. The Journal of Forensic Science Education is proudly one of the few that is open access for its readers and does not charge its authors publication fees. This issue is our largest yet and we appreciate our authors for their contributions and commitment to community supported and no cost open access publishing. 

Kelly M. Elkins, Ph.D. 
Lawrence Quarino, Ph.D., GKE-ABC
Adrienne Brundage, Ph.D.

Tri-Editors-In-Chief 
Journal of Forensic Science Education