RE: Linking publication with career

["David Goodman" <David.Goodman@liu.edu>]

Dear Anthony, I certainly agree; poor quality publication can destroy a
journal--the factor I think the most frequently is excessive time to
publication. This might be especially the case, because irregular
publication is sometimes a symtom the the journal is having difficulty in
attracting authors of the quality it wants.

In the positive direction, Anthony, what can you suggest that a publisher
do that would actively help a journal--asides from getting the right
editor. I do not think the sort of advertisements that is often used has
much influence on those who know their field. I do think that visits by
the editors(s)  to make contact with key research groups, as practised
systematically by some publishers, definitely does help,

Yours, 

Dr. David Goodman
dgoodman@liu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu on behalf of Anthony Watkinson
Sent:	Mon 8/23/2004 8:20 PM
Subject:	Re: Linking publication with career

Journals can flourish (attract top authors) in spite of the publisher but
in general the publisher can help the editors and editorial boards a great
deal. Journals that come out late (production problems), have big backlogs
(publisher policies about adding pages), slow refereeing (publishers do
not provide appropriate software), poor copyediting, poor colour (or high
charges etc etc. are not likely to become or remain the journal of choice.