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Editor: HERBERT A. LAITINEN EDITORIAL HEADQUARTERS Washington D . C. 20036 1155 Sixteeith St N.W. Phone: 202-737d37 Teletype WA 23 Associate Editor: John K. Crum Assistant Editors: Josephine Pechan, Virginia E . Stewart Editorial Assistants: Lois E. Schmitt, Martha B. Wood Contributing Editor: R. H. Muller Production Staff-Washington: Art Director: Joseph Jacoba Art and Layout: Kuttner
Perry Donovan, Herbert
Production Staff-Easton, P a . : Associate Editor: Charlotte C. Sayre Assistant Editor: Elizabeth R. Rufe
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS Director of Publications, Richard L. Kenyon Assistant Director of Publications and Director of Research Journals, Richard H. Belknap Director of Business Operations, Joseph H. Kuney Executive Assistant to the Director of Publications, Rodney N . Hader Assistant to the Director of Publications William Q. Hull REGIONAL EDITORIAL BUREAUS NEW YORK N. Y. 10017 733 Third Ave). PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 19107, Philadelphia National Bank Budding Broad & Chestnut Streets PITTSBURGH Pa. 15230 530 William P e i n Place CHICAGO, Ill. 60603 36 South Wabash Ave. CLEVELAND, Ohio 44114 1367 East Sixth St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 94104 57 Post St. LOS ANGELES Calif. 90005 422 South Westekn Ave. HOUSTON Texas 77002 514 Main Bidg. 1212 Main St. FRANKFURT/MAIN West Germany 32 Grosse Bockenheimehasse LONDON, W. C. 2, England 27 John Adam St. TOKYO Japan Iikura Ckntral Building, 4th Floor 12 Iikura Kata-machi, Azabu Minato-ku: Tokyo WASHINGTON D. C. 20036 1155 Sixteenth Si., N . W.
The First Year THIS ISSUE, we conclude the first year of operation under an editorial system new to ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, but parallel to the other ACS research journals in having an academic editor a t a location remote from Washington. Some observations on experiences with the new system may be of interest to our readers. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY represents an unusually complex editorial operation with its extensive magazine section in addition to its journal section. The Editor has overall responsibility for the entire contents of each issue, but to haire any hope of retaining his identity as a teacher and research worker he must rely heavily upon a professional office staff t o handle technical details, and devote himself primarily to matters of critical decision and policy making. It is a pleasure to report that the operation is giving every indication of success, because of the splendid cooperation and conscientious work of the editorial staff. With the help of the Advisory Board, serious attention is being devoted to policy matters for future progress. As has already been announced, some changes in categories of publication and in format will occur next month. Closer cooperation with the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry is under way. The reviewer files have been enlarged and updated. An editor finds himself in the position of middleman between reviewer and author while a manuscript is under consideration, and between author and reader after a paper has been published. Undoubtedly, the most important link in the chain of procedure is prompt and competent reviewing; the quality and quantity of effort by many of our revie\vers is truly impressive. Efforts have been made t o establish consistent guidelines to maintain high quality while still allowing the author some latitude for personal expression and reasonable speculation for which he is responsible. The fact that most authors are also reviewers is helpful in gaining sympathetic and constructive criticism in the review process. We have received suggestions and criticisms from many sources during the past year. Even though it ~ o u l dbe impossible to accept all of the suggestions, which often are directly contradictory among themselves, they are greatly appreciated because they are evidence of interest and concern. It is hoped that during the months and years ahead readers will feel free t o express themselves, and that in turn Tve can provide continuing improvement in service to the scientific community. WITH
Aduertising Management REINHOLD PUBLISHING CORP. (for Branch Offices, see page 140 A)
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