[1] The journal has two aims: a) to publish high-quality research from students, both undergraduate and Masters.

In 2014, the journal went international, attracting high-quality manuscript submissions from all over the world.

Academic reviewers, who are experts in their fields, assess manuscripts as rigorously as they would for other journals.

The consortium of universities that manages Bioscience Horizons are the universities of Nottingham, Leeds, Reading, Bath, Birmingham and Chester.

[1] In 2008, Bioscience Horizons received an award for publishing innovation and received a Highly Commended certificate from the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.