"This research quarterly, or Iowa State College Journal of Science, has been authorized and established for several distinct purposes as follows : First, to furnish a medium for the prompt publication of the results of research. Experience has shown that many of the technical and scientific journals are at present overcrowded, and it is frequently impossible to secure publication of an article for many months or even a year or more after acceptance. Second, to give opportunity for the publication of preliminary notes. Third, to afford space for the publication of some articles of greater length than can usually be accepted by special journals. Fourth, to give a publication channel to such results of workers on the research staffs as are scarcely long enough to warrant publication as separate bulletins. Fifth, to provide for the prompt publication of certain of the doctoral dissertations. The Journal has come into being as the result of the studies and recommendations of a committee acting for the Iowa State College Chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi, and for the Osborne Research Club. It is to be trusted that in form, content and scope the publication will reach the high standards set by its proponents."--page [2], Volume 1, number 1 (October 1926).