Re: Emerald speeds up publication with EarlyCite

[Sandy Thatcher <sgt3@psu.edu>]

Alas, yet another slap in the face for copyeditors. Apparently, 
Emerald thinks so little of its copyediting that it is willing to 
consider the pre-publication versions of articles equivalent for 
purposes of citation to the final articles. When will people wake 
up to the fact that, as I have argued elsewhere (the September 
issue of Against the Grain), making such versions become the 
copies most people actually use will only serve to perpetuate 
errors that authors frequently make (in citations and quotations, 
not to mention simple grammar) before copyeditors correct them?

Sandy Thatcher
Penn State University Press

>Dear Lib-License,
>
>We thought your readers might be interested in this news from=20
>Emerald Group Publishing.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Janet Fisher
>Publishers Communication Group
>
>Emerald speeds up publication with EarlyCite
>
>Authors and users benefit from accurate and permanent citation of
>the newest research
>
>United Kingdom, 14 October 2008 - Emerald Group Publishing
>Limited today launched Emerald EarlyCite, a new online
>pre-publication service allowing quicker access to research.
>EarlyCite articles are fully peer-reviewed and made available
>online before they undergo the full sub-editing and page-proofing
>stages.
>
>Each paper will be assigned to a journal issue and can therefore
>be referenced. An asset for both authors and users, these papers
>are available at least three months earlier than those following
>a traditional publication process. Articles published in journals
>with significant publication queues will be made available to
>readers by as much as 12 months in advance.
>
>In a joint statement, the Editors of the European Journal of 
>Marketing, Professor Gordon Greenley and Dr Nick Lee from Aston 
>Business School, Birmingham, UK, commented: "We are delighted 
>with Emerald's adoption of the EarlyCite system. This will 
>enable us, as Editors, to bring articles to our readership well 
>in advance of the actual publication date. Given that the 
>European Journal of Marketing is highly ranked and very popular, 
>there is a high level of submissions and thus long lead time to 
>print for authors. The EarlyCite system means we can share 
>important new findings with our readership in a more timely 
>fashion and enable our authors to have their work cited in the 
>literature well before the article actually appears in print. In 
>all ways this is therefore an extremely valuable advance for the 
>European Journal of Marketing and for Emerald."
>
>Niki Haunch, Head of Editorial at Emerald, explains further the
>benefits of the system: "EarlyCite allows for accurate and
>permanent citation of articles as the citation details will not
>change. This is what differentiates it from other services."
>
>Once the final copy of the article is ready for publication, it
>replaces the EarlyCite version.
>
>At present, 55 journals are expected to publish articles from 
>forthcoming issues through EarlyCite. The rest of the 200-strong 
>Emerald journal collection will be rolled out over the coming 
>months.
>
>Emerald EarlyCite is fully accessible to Emerald journal and 
>database subscribers. For more information about how EarlyCite 
>can benefit both authors and users, visit 
>http://info.emeraldinsight.com/tk/earlycite
>
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