Editorial integrity: Date of Receipt?

[Metzner, Ken]

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From: mroussel at alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) 
Subject: Re: Editorial integrity: Date of Receipt? 
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 11:29:08 GMT

In article <94172.153316FORSDYKE at QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <FORSDYKE at QUCDN.QueensU.CA> 
writes:
>The journal
>which can review both well and expeditiously should come out on top, and make 
>lots of money for the journal owner.

     I find this an interesting comment.  In chemistry, physics and
mathematics, the best journals are generally those published by professional 
societies.  Is this not the case in the biological sciences?  It seems
to me that these journals are generally superior BECAUSE their editors 
are less concerned with profit.

    Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel at alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
                                
          Concerning Marc Roussel's comment about the best journals, it might be 
          interesting to discuss what are the criteria for goodness of a 
          journal? How do they rank? Are the criteria and their rankings 
          different for different communities of journal users? How do you apply 
          the criteria to compare actual real journals? 
          
          Ken Metzner, Director of Electronic Publishing, Academic Press
          email: kmetzner at acad.com