CONTRIBUTING EDITORS SOUGHT FOR CIS SELECTED ARTICLES JOURNALS
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS SOUGHT FOR CIS SELECTED ARTICLES JOURNALS
The success of CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS (CIS) depends to a large extent on the dedicated work by its Contributing Editors, who presently scan almost 400 "selected-article" serials. These are serials that we do not index in their entirety because they are outside the mainstream of statistics and probability. Contributing Editors scan these serials for articles with substantial statistical or probabilistic content for inclusion in CIS. In order to increase the range and coverage of such journals and to replace retiring Contributing Editors, the Editors of CIS are always looking for volunteers to serve as Contributing Editors.
The main criterion for including the reference to an article in CIS is that that the article contain a contribution to statistical methodology or a substantial and innovative application of methodology, not simply a routine use of statistics. Among the areas represented are agriculture, biology, computing, economics, education, epidemiology, finance, genetics, insurance, management, mathematics, medicine, operations research, philosophy, physical sciences, psychology, and social sciences. Suitable articles are likely to fall in one of the following categories:
- Articles primarily devoted to the exposition of statistical methods;
- Exemplary applications of advanced statistical methodology (but not subject matter articles that use standard methodology in a routine way);
- Tutorials on statistical methods or concepts directed to a specific disciplinary audience;
- Discussions of issues arising in the application of statistics in a particular discipline.
We have just revised our Master List of Serials, which now also includes monographic (book) series and ISSNs (International Standard Serial Numbers). We have concentrated on serials currently being published. Our Master List currently includes about 2000 serials of which about 300 are no longer published. It identifies about 300 core serials (indexed in their entirety) and about 400 serials that are currently being scanned by Contributing Editors. This leaves about 1000 active serials for which we are seeking Contributing Editors. Contributions from serials that are not on our Master List of serials are also welcome.
Each Contributing Editor receives a complimentary personal subscription to CIS and each Contributing Editor's name is acknowledged in the CIS CDROM and on the CIS Web site.
If you would like to become a Contributing Editor please send an e-mail to the CIS Abstracting Editor, George Styan at styan@math.mcgill.ca.
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Last updated: 02/13/2004 [Send a question or comment]
