Jeremy Frumkin said the following on 2/22/2006 11:44 AM:

>Ross unleashed:
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>>Why does it have to follow /any/ traditional publishing model?
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>>I sort of like the idea that maybe 3 articles come out in a week, then
>>nothing for a week or two, then another article comes out, and then one
>>comes out every day for a 13 day span.
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>>If the delivery method is purely electronic, and it's a given that the
>>intended audience would have tools to be alerted of new articles, why
>>bother with a formal schedule?
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>>-Ross.
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>While I was at the University of Arizona, we produced the Journal of Insect
>Science (http://insectscience.org) (now at the University of Wisconsin).
>While this is a peer reviewed journal, it took the approach not to produce
>actual "issues", but to publish articles once they successfully vetted
>through the peer review process. For preservation and posterity, at the end
>of each year we would print out all of the articles and have them hard
>bound.
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>The point is, Ross' suggestion is a good one, and I give it a hearty +1
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I like the idea of taking a similar approach to what Jeremy describes
the Journal of Insect Science as taking. I think it would be good to
publish articles as they are approved, and then either once or twice a
year (depending on the number of submissions), package them all as one
volume.

Ed C.


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