title: A golden age of pioneering nurse research is imagined.
abstract: James P Smith's polemic (letters May 4) railing against the dominance of academic researchers at the recent RCN Research Conference is puzzling since it is Britain's premier academic research conference.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom