We need more journals!

[szcooley at chip.ucdavis.edu]

BIOSCI Administrator (biosci-help at NET.BIO.NET) wrote:
: > szcooley at chip.ucdavis.edu wrote:
: > : Why is it that we have such a small number of journals listed in 
: > : bionet.journals.contents? Such a minuscule group makes reading it hardly 
: > : worthwhile.
: > 
: > Well, I guess its worth depends on how well it fits your journal profile
: > -- I am lucky in that many of the journals I scan are on it
: > (J.Bacteriology, Molecular Microbiology, Nuc.Acids.Res).
: > 
: > 
: > The Journal Contents are supplied to the group from the publishers;
: > if the publishers won't play ball, we're out of luck.  Pretty shortsighted
: > on their part, but we can't save them from themselves.

: As I replied privately yesterday, it costs them money to get this
: material sent out for posting and they have not always been eager to
: do so.  The commercial publishers, Springer the main exception, have
: also been harder to convince, but I continue to try.  Recent contacts
: with both Wiley and a part of Academic Press have not borne fruit
: unfortunately.

: > 
: > 
: > Does any one else find it ironic that TIBS is not in 
: > bionet.journals.contents?
: > 

: I asked them a number of times late last year also and never got an
: answer from them.

: 				Sincerely,

: 				Dave Kristofferson
: 				BIOSCI/bionet Manager

: 				biosci-help at net.bio.net

Would it do any good for a bunch of us to complain directly? Give me an 
address. I would enjoy it!


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