Scientific Information Transfer: The Editor’s Role : Proceedings of the First International Conference of Scientific Editors, April 24–29, 1977, Jerusalem

It was Faraday who in 1821 said that there are three necessary stages of useful research. The first to begin it, the second to· end it, and the third 1 to publish it. There has since indeed been so much research and publication that we have become increasingly alarmed by the galloping proliferation of scientific information produced in relation to the user's ability to retrieve and consume it effectively, conveniently and creatively. In 1948, to deal with this concern, the Royal Society Scientific Infor­ 1 mation Conference held in London spanned the whole realm of scientific in­ formation. Sir Robert Robinson, President of the Royal Society, in his open­ ing address noted that "the study of scientific information services in all its ramifications has enormous scope", and the London conference dealt with scientific publication, format, editorial policy, subject grouping, organiza­ tion, abstracting, reviews, classification, indexing and training of infor­ mation officers. It was about this time that information science began to develop more on the retrieval end, so it seems logical that the first editors' group founded in 1949 was ICSU AB, the International Council of Scientific Unions Abstract­ ing Board. In 1958 the National Academy of Sciences International Conference of 2 Scientific Information in Washington limited its interests and expanded on the later phases of the life cycle of information - storage and retrieval. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Some Aspects of Data Recording and Microform Output for Information Distribution....Pages 3-8 Editorial Processing Centres: A View from the United Kingdom....Pages 9-20 Editorial Processing Centres and International Scientific Journals....Pages 21-24 Editing a Photographically Reproduced Journal....Pages 25-27 The Dual Journal Concept....Pages 29-30 Innovation in the Publication of Lengthy Research Articles....Pages 31-33 On-Line Preparation of Typescript....Pages 35-41 Primary Publications and Modern Information Systems Copyright Problems from the Viewpoint of Editors of Scientific Journals....Pages 43-50 Librarians’ Reactions to Non-Conventional Publishing Methods....Pages 51-58 Panel: Users’ Reactions to New Techniques in Scientific Publishing....Pages 59-70 Multiple Choice, A Publications Option for a Diverse Science....Pages 71-76 The Journal as a Centre for International Communications: The Experience of Current Anthropology ....Pages 77-82 Flagging and Tagging Scientific Data....Pages 83-94 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 Treatment of 100 Man-Related Scientific Problems: Science as an Indicator of Publications....Pages 97-104 Information Transfer and Management in the European Community....Pages 105-111 How Editors Catalyze the Publication Explosion....Pages 113-121 Logopollution and Ways to Prevent It....Pages 123-124 Model of the Growth of Science Illustrates Structural Problem in Scientific Publishing....Pages 125-127 Publication-Centred Symposium: An Experiment....Pages 129-132 In Defense of Standardized On-Demand Publication....Pages 133-139 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 The Publication Game and the Education of Future Scholars....Pages 141-155 Editors’ Impact on Science Policies and Politics....Pages 157-160 The Editor as Mover or Retarder of Scientific Ideas....Pages 161-169 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Democracy of the Intellect....Pages 173-177 The Role of Review Journals in Scientific Publication....Pages 179-182 Reports on Progress in Physics....Pages 183-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Editorial Judgment in Scientific Periodicals....Pages 195-201 Improving Referee-Selection and Manuscript Evaluation....Pages 203-229 Refereeing Reconsidered: An Examination of Unwitting Bias in Scientific Evaluation....Pages 231-242 Publication, Innovation and Citation....Pages 243-247 Sex and Money....Pages 249-259 The Creative Role and Function of Editors....Pages 261-264 Can Editing be Quantitated?....Pages 265-270 Front Matter....Pages 271-271 A Coherent Philosophy of Titles, Abstracts and Keywords in Scientific Articles....Pages 273-275 The CSIRO Style Manual....Pages 277-278 Progress with EDITERRA Editors’ Handbook....Pages 279-281 The Fourth Edition of the CBE Style Manual....Pages 283-285 Style Manuals and Guides for Authors and Editors: Prescriptive or Descriptive?....Pages 287-290 On the Preparation of a Reference Manual for Authors and Typists of an International Research Centre....Pages 291-298 Style! Why Bother?....Pages 299-305 Front Matter....Pages 271-271 Standardization of Written Information in Science and Technology....Pages 307-309 An Editor’s View of Standards and Standardization....Pages 311-319 Presentation of Numerical Data in the Primary Literature....Pages 321-328 Barriers in the Flow of Numerical Data from Primary to Secondary to Tertiary Literature. A Case History....Pages 329-336 The CODATA Biologists’ Guide for Presentation of Numerical Data....Pages 337-339 Four Kinds of Style....Pages 341-343 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Introduction to Morning Session....Pages 347-349 The Organization and Economics of Publishing and the Function of the Editor....Pages 351-357 Is a Good Editor a Good Publisher?....Pages 359-361 Financing Scientific Society Journals in the USA....Pages 363-375 The Publication of Scientific Journals in France....Pages 377-383 Integrated Science Publishing: An Example from Australia....Pages 385-390 Economics and Organization of Scientific Publishing: The ESRC Model Study....Pages 391-403 Surviving Inflation? Some Recent Financial Problems of a Specialist Medical Journal....Pages 405-413 Editing a Photographically Reproduced Mathematics Journal....Pages 415-418 Page Composition Costs of Philosophy Journals: A Report on a Study....Pages 419-427 Front Matter....Pages 429-429 Introduction to Session: International, National and Regional Problems....Pages 431-432 Experiences of the Nordic Publishing Board in Science (NOP)....Pages 433-439 Centers for Scientific Publications....Pages 441-443 Quantity and Quality in Israeli Science....Pages 445-455 Front Matter....Pages 429-429 EDITEAST (Association of Editors in Science in Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania) and its Role in Scientific Publishing in the Region....Pages 457-458 Science Publications in Hong Kong....Pages 459-463 Front Matter....Pages 465-465 Functional Differentiation of Social Science Journals....Pages 467-471 The Need for a Council of Social Science Editors....Pages 473-484 Stability versus Change in Psychological Research. Toward Improved Standards in Psychological Journals....Pages 485-497 Front Matter....Pages 499-499 The Non-Conventional Literature of Tropical Agricultural Resource Assessment and Development: Its Nature, Sources, Quantity, Value and Accessibility....Pages 501-521 A Rational System for Editing and Publishing the Literature of Tropical Agricultural Resource Assessment and Development Planning....Pages 523-542 Scientific Editing and Publishing for the Third World: A Review from the Tropical Products Institute....Pages 543-551 The International Development Research Centre: Its Unique Role in World Development....Pages 553-555 Front Matter....Pages 557-557 Developments in Information Transfer....Pages 559-562 Information Flow Between Primary Journals and Secondary Services: Report on a Study....Pages 563-566 The Past and Future of the Conventional Abstracts Journal....Pages 567-572 User Reactions to Secondary Journals....Pages 573-580 On the Information Transfer from Primary to Secondary Sources and from Secondary to Primary Sources - An Editing Experiment in an Interdisciplinary Field (Automatic Image Analysis)....Pages 581-586 How Services from the Institute for Scientific Information R (ISI R ) Aid Journal Editors and Publishers....Pages 587-595 The Difficulties of Preparing the International Serials Catalogue. How Editors Could Help....Pages 597-604 History of ASCE Indexing and Abstracting....Pages 605-618 A Practical Seminar-Workshop Course in Scientific Writing....Pages 619-632 Front Matter....Pages 633-633 IFSEA....Pages 635-647 Front Matter....Pages 649-649 First International Conference of Scientific Editors....Pages 651-651 Front Matter....Pages 649-649 IFSEA....Pages 652-656 Bibliographical References in Scientific Publications: Suggestions From a Ciba Foundation Workshop, London, 25 November 1977....Pages 657-666 Back Matter....Pages 667-686