This is a good read; http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/397195A0.frameset?context=to One of many points is "will the individual journal" continue to have any identity in the "aggregated journaldatabase of the future". How will the community deal with "impact factors". I found out that some universities, when recruiting staff, often multiply the applicants X most recent publications by the impact factor of each journal, and then compare the results totals amongst the applicants, in all probability appointing the one with the highest total! A better method of course would be the individual citations of each article, but here the oldest article is often the highest ranking, and the lead in for any citations is sometimes 2-3 years. I wonder if anyone has yet managed to work out the "impact factor" of any e-journal (or aggregated collection) yet? Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY; mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk; Tel (44) 171 594 5774; Fax: (44) 171 594 5804. URL: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ If my digital email signature is invalid, download a new root at http://www.belsign.be/en/services/receive/install-ca.html chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)