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- From: kristoff@net.bio.net (David Kristofferson)
- Newsgroups: bionet.announce
- Subject: 2ND AND FINAL CALL FOR VOTES: bionet.journals.note
- Message-ID: <Nov.16.11.09.30.1992.1988@net.bio.net>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 19:09:30 GMT
- Sender: kristoff@net.bio.net
- Reply-To: biovote@net.bio.net
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- Approved: bionews-moderator@net.bio.net
-
- Voting continues on bionet.journals.note through 28 Nov. The charter
- for bionet.journals.note is provided below.
-
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- Proposal to establish bionet.journals.note
-
- Discussion leader: Donald R. Forsdyke
- Department of Biochemistry,
- Queen's University
- Kingston, Ontario
- Canada, K7L3N6
-
- Donald.R.Forsdyke@QueensU.CA
-
-
- I would like to suggest a new Bionet group for the exchange of
- information concerning journals. Having had a good idea, done the
- experiments and written a paper, one is faced with the problem of
- where to submit it. The wrong decision at this stage can cause a
- variety of problems, not the least of which is delay. [Of course, not
- too far down the line when electronic journals get going, this problem
- will not be so pressing.]
-
- Two examples have appeared on the "net" over the past few weeks. In
- one case an author was upset that he had received no correspendence
- from the editor of a journal for several months. Someone was able to
- tell him that the editor had been in an automobile accident and that
- may have delayed things. In another case an editorial office had
- moved. Manuscripts sent in by courier were being forwarded by regular
- mail, with concomitant delays.
-
- Much of the "inside" information on journals is gathered informally,
- over the years, so that "old hands" are less at a disadvantage then
- "new". Hopefully, some of this experience could be passed along to new
- authors. For example, the journal Nature states that "less than 50%"
- of the papers received are actually sent out for review. What does
- that mean? 40%, 30%, 10%? If the answer is 10% then papers must be
- written with the primary intent of getting over through the initial
- editorial filter, rather than satisfying subsequent reviewers.
-
- Apart from use by those who submit to journals, I envisage that the
- new forum would act as a bulletin board for journal editors who might
- want to post their latest "Instructions for Authors" or announce new
- changes in Editorial Policy.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Don Forsdyke
-
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-
- Voting is open on bionet.journals.note and will run through 24:00 hrs
- Pacific Time on 28 November 1992. Please send your vote to either of
- the following addresses:
-
- Address Location Network
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- biovote@daresbury.ac.uk U.K. JANET
- biovote@net.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET
-
- Your vote should contain a single line:
-
- YES on bionet.journals.note
-
- if you favor creation of the newsgroup or
-
- NO on bionet.journals.note
-
- if you think that the creation of this newsgroup will adversely affect
- the BIOSCI system. If you are simply not interested in participating
- in this newsgroup, please don't cast a NO vote, but instead just don't
- vote at all.
-
- The newsgroup proposal must receive at least 80 YES votes to pass and
- the number of YES votes must be greater than the number of NO votes by
- at least 40. Discussion of the newsgroup proposal is now closed and
- we strongly discourage posting any messages in other forums about the
- fact that a CALL FOR VOTES has been issued.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Dave Kristofferson
- BIOSCI/bionet Manager
-
- kristoff@net.bio.net
-