A NA LVT ICA L CHEMISTRV
EDITORIAL
August 1962, Vol. 34, NO. 9 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Director of Publications, Applied Journals, ACS, C. B. Larrabee Editorial Director, Applred Journals, A C S , Richard L. Kenyon Assistant tu the Director of Publications, A p plred Journals, ACS, J w p h H. Kuney Assistant to the Editorial Director, Applied Journals, A C S , Rodney N. Hader Director of Editoria2 Research, Applied Journals, ACS, Robert F. Gould
Editor, LAWRENCE T. HALLETT
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Communication in Science o MOST PEOPLE communication, whether written or verbal, is thought of Tin terms of speed and convenience: the telephone, the radio, and the newspaper. It is no wonder then that communication in the scientific world by comparison seems extremely slow and inconvenient. Since World War 11,we have seen a new philosophy of communication, in which a scientist no longer does all his own reading or searching in his field. The information service center performs this function and in so doing has spawned a number of digests, abstracts, and titles publications which help him keep current. Government agencies dealing with science together with their private contractors have established elaborate reporting systems to keep everyone informed. Many of these reports are widely distributed to libraries and are therefore available to scientific workers generally. To all this we must add the recognized scientific society meetings and symposia whose prime function is the exchange and publication of scientific findings. There is increased travel of scientists to meetings in foreign countries. Money seems readily available from Government and private sources for travel and publication of papers from such meetings. The page charge which is now being accepted as necessary is the latest method of assuring publication of scientific findings. All the above gives us reason to re-examine the criteria for acceptance of CHEMISTRY. papers in ANALYTICAL Papers given at symposia and scientific meetings may or may not present new material. They do provide a forum for discussion and interchange of ideas. Many of them are reviews and when prepared by authorities in specific areas can have real merit. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY considers papers which contain new material, and reviewers help the editor in deciding whether its standards are met. The Scientific Communication section offers an outlet for new ideas which need further development by the author or others. The fundamental and applied reviews give a critical summary of development in various areas covering a period of two years. Our policy focuses attention on the specialist, and not all papers can be of interest to every reader. Depending on the topic, our Report for Analytical Chemists fulfills the function of providing less technical discussions of general interest. There is no doubt more could be done in this area, but such an expansion would require more resources than we possess. How to cater to the multiplicity of aims of publications is the constant concern of editors who serve authors and readers. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY still believes its prime reason for existence is the publication of well written papers devoted to original research in all branches of analytical chemistry, both fundamental and applied.
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