Howie, If your library subscribes to Ulrich's periodicals directory (especially if they subscribe online because you can download a CSV file and manipulate the data) - you can look up journals by subject area, determine whether they are active or ceased, and what the start and end dates are. It would be interesting to know what you find!
Best regards, Gail At 12:00 AM 6/26/2007, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:07:19 -0400 >From: Howie Neufeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: journal proliferation > >Dear All - I am writing an editorial for a journal, and I'd like to make >a comment about the trend in the number of biology/ecology journals over >say the past 20-30 years. I've heard from some people that the number >has actually gone down (consolidation, extinction, etc.), but my >suspicion is that the number has gone up dramatically. However, I can't >find a good source for these data, if they exist. > Does anyone know of any article or data on the speciation of >journals in recent decades? And in particular, biology/ecology oriented >journals (not medical). >Thanks! >Howie Neufeld > >-- >Dr. Howard S. Neufeld, Professor >Department of Biology >572 Rivers Street >Appalachian State University >Boone, NC 28608 > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >departmental webpage: http://www.biology.appstate.edu/faculty/neufeldhs.htm >personal webpage: http://www.appstate.edu/~neufeldhs/index.html > >Tel: 828-262-2683 >Fax: 828-262-2127 Gail Steinhart Research Data & Environmental Sciences Librarian Albert R. Mann Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: 607-255-7251 Fax: 607-255-0318 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
