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Some Five-Year Trends A comparison of the research papers published in ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRYin 1969 and 1974 has revealed an increase in total papers from 535 t o 603, an increase of 13%. This modest increase does not necessarily reflect a corresponding change in research activity, because it is the result of many types of decision-making activity. Authors are free to package their research in papers of undesignated length and to choose from a variety of research journals. Reviewers and editors influence the length as well as the number of papers finally published. The average length of an article has remained essentially constant, a t 3.9 pages in 1969 and 3.8 pages in 1974. Foreign authorship increased significantly, from 12.9% in 1969 to 19.4% in 1974. The 117 articles of foreign origin (not counting Canadian) came from 31 countries in all continents. Evidently there is an increasing awareness on the part of foreign scientists of our interest in publishing basic research of high quality regardless of the country of origin. Of papers originating in the U.S. and Canada, the percentage from government laboratories remained essentially constant a t 18.6% and 17.3%, while the percentage from University sources increased from 51.4% to 61.4% and from industrial sources decreased from 22.7% to 14.6% between 1969 and 1974. The remaining 7.6% and 6.7% in the two years originated from other or mixed sources. During this period, there has been a noticeable shift in emphasis away from long term basic research in industry toward short term or mission-oriented research. A t the same time, academic research in analytical chemistry has increased in relation to other branches of chemistry in recent years. We have not consciously biased the editorial process toward favoring academic papers, so these statistics appear to indicate significant trends in research activity. In any event, as judged by the quality and quantity of manuscripts being received, analytical chemistry as a research field is more than holding its own in relation to chemistry or to science as a whole.
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