In an independent survey performed by Signet Research,
BioPhotonics readers were asked to elaborate on how the magazine is useful to them and how they use it in their job. These are some of their responses.
- I look through the publication; check out new products and new advertisements. Typically if there is something new I'll research it for a few minutes to expand my general knowledge base.
- Helps identifying new products and services, while giving info regarding technological developments in the market.
- Provides a window into trends and the business climate of the industry. Good information about new research and technology.
- I read the magazine for the scientific news usually narrated from industrial perspective, which is difficult to get from journals.
- Keeps me abreast of the industry and the vendor base.
- Keeps me up-to-date on the latest technologies and products relevant to my profession (in vitro medical diagnostics).
- It is a good source of information about commercial and innovative products, and new techniques.
- I give talks to Fresno Madera Medical Society Alliance once a month and use this info. In addition I donate the journals to Medical Ministries International to India, and Philippines, etc.
- A reference to the industry. Trustful and always up-to-date.
- BioPhotonics brings information that is interesting for my job. As a clinic and an institute for research, my organization needs devices and lab equipment.
- It keeps me up-to-date in areas that I may have missed in the academic literature, in particular which companies are now producing what products. Based on this I will then either look at websites or where possible speak to them at trade shows.
- BioPhotonics informs me of companies and products I may have otherwise not heard of. It also opens me to possibilities I hadn't considered for potential solutions in the lab.
- It keeps me up-to-date technically. I love the information in the magazine.
- I get a lot of new information from BioPhotonics. As I am not a physicist by training, sometimes I get some ideas when I read the magazine. Plus it keeps me updated with technical improvements.
- It keeps me up-to-date on the industry and how products and technology are changing.
- Whatever information and learning I've read, I always share them to our company employees and other colleagues too.
- Because my research includes developing new fluorescence dyes as well as working on spectroscopy and microscopy, BioPhotonics contains several important new insights and ideas for the work.
- They highly support our industry and not just last year but for the last 25+ years. They know where it's at.
- It is an established source of information on new developments in BioPhotonics for me. An essential part of my business.
- Being in academic R&D, we consult to a number of companies for technology research and prototype development. BioPhotonics saves time on learning about new developments and improves our work efficiency.
- It is a very well-made additional source of information often pointing at topics I wouldn't have searched for directly otherwise.
- Provides a platform for researchers to get to know the latest happenings and products.
- Up-to-date information on current research progress and product availabilities.
- I pass my issue along to others. I have used articles to showcase products and new procedures. This in some cases has generated discussions on ongoing projects.
- It's a very good platform for optics and photonics information.
- It's good for me to gauge where the general direction of research is headed towards and it's interesting to see what others' are working on that may be completely different from my field of expertise.
- This has been very useful to my students in biomed. Students really learned a lot from the journal.
- This is a niche publication, and as such it has a very important role because the BioPhotonics industry is a very important one in the 21st century. In my job, I am looking forward to future applications of BioPhotonics which will surely make a big difference.
- It helps me on product or solutions available in the market and also which research is trending.
- BioPhotonics is a trusted source of information about various products and technology news to me. Its feature articles provide a wide view of technical development in the field.
- Knowledge is power! The more info I have on a piece of tech, or a new upcoming one that I'm not familiar with, is sort of like an added tool to my chain of thoughts.