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Colleagues: A correction and a suggestion: 1. There are several other "paleobiology" journals around to provide an alternative to Historical Biology, including some (e.g., Palaeontologia Electronica, Paleobiology) that have no backlog of manuscripts and are able to publish your science as rapidly as you need. All of these are non-profit society-run journals, run by scientists for scientists, with no publishing house making significant profit off our efforts. The science in such journals is of similar caliber, yet costs us and our institutional libraries much less. For example, compare the institutional subscription rates of Palaeontologia Electronica ($0.00; http://palaeo-electronica.org/) or Paleobiology ($90; http://www.paleosoc.org/paleobio.htm) vs. Historical Biology ($609). Given this information, and the drastic cutbacks libraries are making to their journal subscriptions, I suspect Taylor and Francis' decision has more to do with economics than with science or staffing issues. 2. If you or other PaleoNetters are looking for an outlet in which to publish paleobiological research, I'd encourage you to submit an article to an electronic or print journal that is sponsored by your societies. Whitey Hagadorn > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:04:20 +0000 >From: "Xavier Panades I Blas" <cogombra@hotmail.com> >Subject: paleonet Closing journal Historical Biology???? > >Xavier Panades I Blas, Ms > >Please, send letters to: > >55, Marksbury Road >Bedminster >Bristol BS3 5JY >England >European Community > >Hello all. > >I just learned that Taylor & Francis is considering discontinuing the >journal Historical Biology. Roger Thomas resigned as editor several >weeks ago to pursue other interests and commitments, and the Editorial >Director at T&F tells me that he's had no luck recruiting a new editor. >Historical Biology is one of a very few paleobiology journals around, >and it would be a shame to lose it. Over the years, it's carried a lot >of publications about all major vertebrate groups, faunas, and more. > >Anyone who might be interested in such a post should contact the folks >at T&F to discuss the duties and level of commitment. It's my >understanding that Historical Biology has varied in number of issues in >a year from 1 to 4, so the commitment probably isn't tremendous. >They're also considering shifting the journal to on-line only, which may >also be attractive to some prospective editors. > >The website for the journal is: >http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08912963.html > >Contact info for T&F is: > >Richard Steele >Editorial Director >e-mail: Richard.Steele@tandf.co.uk > > >Thanks for considering it! - Mason > >Mason B. Meers, Ph.D. >Univ. of Tampa -- ************************************************************************************************ Department of Geology Amherst College Amherst, MA 01002 jwhagadorn@amherst.edu Our new dept web site: http://www.amherst.edu/~geology Schematics for our new building: http://www.amherst.edu/news/geology ************************************************************************************************
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