From CHEM8@vax.york.ac.uk Sun Feb 12 05:38:55 1995 Received: from leeman.york.ac.uk for CHEM8@vax.york.ac.uk by www.ccl.net (8.6.9/930601.1506) id FAA11894; Sun, 12 Feb 1995 05:31:24 -0500 Via: uk.ac.york.vax; Sun, 12 Feb 1995 10:28:36 +0000 Date: Sun, 12 Feb 95 10:29 GMT From: "John Waite, Tel: ++30-1-7238958, N.H.R.F., Organic Chemistry Institute, Vas. Konstantinou 48, Athens 116-35" To: CHEMISTRY Subject: Summary: Conf. proceedings help in publishing Message-ID: <"leeman.yor.348:12.01.95.10.28.49"@york.ac.uk> Hi Netters, A week ago I mailed the following questions and may I apologize if anyone received more than one copy but our local mailserver had some problems last weekend: I would like some help/information concerning the publication of conference proceedings. I have looked unsuccessfully through CCL's archives, so will summarize any responses I receive. Firstly I presume there are two main ways of doing this - either using a Journal or a Publishing House. Other? What are the (dis)advantages of these choices? Refereeing? Cost? etc. I believe there are also two ways of producing such proceedings - Photographically (on pre-defined forms) or electronically. Other? Again, what are the (dis)advantages of these choices? Cost? etc. Concerning Journals, the topic of the conference in question is super-computing. So which Journals are suitable? I would like their title, preferebly e-mail address or phone, else FAX or postal address + the name of a person to contact. Similarly for Publishing Houses - I know Elsevier, North-Holland, D.Reidel, Plenum and Kluwer do this sort of thing. Other? And the above contact proceedure(s). I would be grateful if any/some of these firms contacted me. My postal and e-mail addresses + direct phone are in the header of this message. Any other tips, suggestions, things to beware of, 'musts' or general info. will be appreciated, Thanking you all who contributed, John Waite Now for the replies; but first, three contacts I've dug up: Plenum Press: ++44-71-377-0686 Kluwer Press: ++31-785-24400 FAX: ++31-785-24474 J.Wiley: ++44-243-779777 Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UD U.K. and a comment. If the conference organisation committee/edittorial board can guarantee the sale of more than around 100 copies of the proceedings, in book form, there is generally no charge imposed by the publishing house. Further, the proceedure for such a publication method is for a contract to be signed between the publisher and the edittor(ial board). I presume that if a journal can be found to print the proceedings, only the usual page charges if any, are involved. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Firstly, from CCL's illustrious coordinator: From: Jan Labanowski While I will not be very specific, this is my experience with producing the proceedings. 1) No publisher really wants them since they do not sell well. If you can promise that the it will be like "overview" of major trends in a given discipline, they will want to publish the book (hardcover). 2) You are much better off approaching the publishers before the meeting. It will also help you in forcing your speakers to have their chapters written up. 3) They usually prefer a "camera ready copy" and provide you with format requirements. 4) Do not believe for a second, that you will have book published withing a few months from the moment you deliver the manuscripts. It is a year at least (even, if the book is not reviewed). So... In short, the traditional proceedings are not that hot. However, if you can make your speakers to write chapters which will cover some specific field, you have much better chance to sell the idea to the publisher. But the thing needs to be focused on something which is considered hot topic and where you do not have much competition. Jan jkl@ccl.net +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Dr. Waite, Thank you for your inquiry about (electronic) publishing of procedings. I have passed your message along to one of our Publishing Editors in the area of Computer Science, Ms. Eefke Smit, and she will contact you with further information. She can be reached at Tel +31-20-485-2473 Fax +31-20-485-2616 E-mail e.smit@elsevier.nl As an example of what Elsevier can offer in electronic publishing, you can view a conference procedings published electronically on our Elsevier Science Home Page at http://www.elsevier.nl on WWW. I hope that we can be of service to you. With kind regards, Sandy MacFarlane Marketing Manager Elsevier Science bv 1055 KV Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel. +31-20-485-2676 Fax. +31-20-485-2845 E-mail s.macfarlane@elsevier.nl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Mr. Waite, Via my colleague Sandy Macfarlane I was informed of your request regarding conference proceedings in the area of supercomputing. Allow me to introduce myself as the responsible publishing editor in that area. Yes indeed, we do publish many proceedings in this area, for example the HPCN-Supercomputing Europe Conference. But also many others. We often do so in one of our journals, as a Special Issue containing a selection of the best papers, refereed and revised. No costs involved. Extra copies made available. Suitable journals are: Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) Parallel Computing Microprocessors and Microsystems Microprogramming and Microprocessing Information and Software Technology We also recently started publishing conference proceedings electronically. Please take a look on Worldwide Web under URL: http://www.elsevier.nl under COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN for the proceedings of the International WWW Conferences. I will be happy to discus a new project with you. Which conference are you referring to specifically ? Please share your ideas with me, so that we can look for an optimal solution, with very best regards, Eefke Smit Senior Publishing Editor Computer Sciences Ms. Drs. Eefke Smit Elsevier Science B.V. P.O. Box 103 1000 AC Amsterdam phone: +31 (20) 4852 473 fax: +31 (20) 4852 616 email: e.smit@elsevier.NL +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: Dave Edelson As a former editor of Computer and Chemistry, which has published a number of conference proceedings, and as a conference organizer myself, having aranged for conferences to be published both as books and journals, I offer a few pieces of information which might guide you as to an appropriate choice for your conference. I see three choices: The journal, which commits itself to reserving an issue for the collected papers of your conference, a book which you print up yourself, or a book done through an established publisher. Taking the established publisher first, they take complete responsibility for the production and sale of the book, leaving it to you to collect the papers, review them (if they will be subject to review), see to it that corrections etc. are made, and pass them to the printing process by a certain date. They may even offer the organization some money for this based on the number they expect to sell, or they may want to be subsidized if they dont expect to sell that many. Either way, they will insist on doing some market research before even making you an offer. With the market as it is today, many of the large publishers are refusing to take symposium collections because of the high production costs and limited market. Those that do price the book excessively, probably limiting the market still further to the meeting participants. Even libraries are refusing to spend the money for these books. You can find book manufacturers who will take your stuff and make a book out of it at a fixed price for so many copies. It is then up to you to unload these and recover your costs or make a profit. World Publishing in Singapore is one of these that has done work for meetings I have participated in. The problem is that you could be stuck with a lot of unsold books. More recently I under- stand that World has taken it upon itself to distribute the books for you, but I have not had any direct experience with this operation. The Journal approach has several advantages. It is recognized in the academic community as a peer reviewed publication, while books are often not. Hence the academic would rather publish here than in a book for which he may get as much credit. The journal also has an established circulation, which gets the distribution problem out of your hands. Furthermore, it will reach more than the limited audience of your symposium participants. >From the editorial standpoint, you are relieved of much of the detail of paper review and revision, since the journal editor handles this from his office, and you become an advisor as to selection of reviewers and final judgments. This also removes you from the first line of attack in case a paper is rejected. Computers and Chemistry (published by Elsevier) would be happy to entertain your proposal, and you could probably get some samples of conference issues they have already published. I suggest you talk to the new editor, James Crabbe at Reading (m.j.c.crabbe@reading.ac.uk) David Edelson honorary editor C&C ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ James had already seen my request and mailed me. Here is his useful contribution: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: James Crabbe Dear John, I write as the editor-in-chief of the journal Computers and Chemistry, published by Elsevier Science. We are happy to publish conference proceedings, and have done so on a number of occasions. We could adopt the format of either producing papers from the conference (subject to the usual refereeing criteria), or produce a 'book' of abstracts for the meeting. In either case, the journal could then be available at a special price to participants of the meeting. If your conference is on the application of supercomuting to chemical, biochemical or molecular sciences, then it would appropriate for publishing in Computers and Chemistry. I will send a file of the Aims and Scope of the journal, and Instructions for authors, which gives details of addresses etc. Please let me know if you would like to take this further. I look forward to hearing from you, James Crabbe. This is the attached file: Computers and Chemistry _________________________________________________________________ Aims and Scope of the Journal Computers and Chemistry publishes papers in English on all fields relating computers and computational methods to the chemical and biochemical sciences, provided that they make a sufficiently novel contribution to knowledge. Theoretical contributions will be considered equally with papers dealing with experimental work and applications. The journal is a multidisciplinary publication, covering the application of information sciences to topics as diverse as molecular design, molecular recognition, molecular dynamics, pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry, molecular biology, sequence analysis, molecular evolution, biomolecular structure prediction, solidstate modelling, materials sciences, chemical physics, industrial chemistry, andchemical engineering. While the journal is predominantly devoted to research, papers on the development and application of information sciences to teaching and learning in the chemical and biochemical sciences will also be considered, provided they make a significant contribution to knowledge. >From time to time there are Special Issues of the journal, for example those in Open Problems of Computational Molecular Biology. The following types of paper can be included in the journal: Full Papers are the normal form of publication, and may be of any length that is justified by their content. They are complete reports of original work. Rapid Communications are brief reports bringing particularly novel and significant findings to the attention of the research community. Communications will receive full but accelerated reviewing, and it is hoped that a decision on acceptance or rejection will be made within three weeks of receipt. Authors should include in their covering letter of submission a brief statement why they believe their Communication merits accelerated treatment. Communications, which should not exceed three journal pages in length, will be published as rapidly as possible. Letters to the Editor are brief (about one journal page in length) items of scientific correspondence intended to provide an opportunity to discuss, expand or criticise points made in published work. If a letter is polemical in nature,a reply may be sought from other interested parties. Letters are published at the discretion of the Editor. Application/Software Notes provides information on software applications. Notes should be brief (not over two journal pages in length) and should include a description of the purpose, method of implementation, and performance of the program. A statement of the availability, manner of distribution, and support of the program is required. Authors may set a nominal charge to cover costs; programs intended for commercial sale are excluded. Reviews will usually be solicited, although unsolicited reviews will be considered for publication. Prospective authors should first consult the Editor, and should forward a short (one typed page) summary of the area they propose to cover. Book and Software Reviews; the Editor will be pleased to receive published books and software packages for possible independent review. _________________________________________________________________ Information for Contributors Preparation of Manuscripts General: Only original papers will be considered. The receipt of a paper by the Editor is held to imply submission for publication has been approved by all of the authors, that it has not previously been published in any language, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that if accepted for publication it will not be published elsewhere without the written consent of the Editor. The official language of the journal is English. Papers will be reviewed for proper English construction. Authors with language difficulties are urged to seek assistance with the composition of their manuscripts. Organisation: Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced on one side of the page only, and with wide margins. The first page should contain the title, a list of authors' names, the affiliations and address(es) of the authors when the work was performed (new addresses should be given in a footnote), a short running title (less than 65 characters), a list of up to eight keywords, and the telephone number, fax number and email address of the corresponding author, who should be indicated by an asterisk. The second page should contain a 50-250 word abstract of the paper. The remainder of the paper should be organised into sections; for example, Introduction, Materials and Methods (including any mathematical principles and algorithms if appropriate), Results, and Discussion. The final two sections may be combined. An Acknowledgement should be given if deemed necessary. Computer programs : Program descriptions, where necessary, should take the form of flowcharts, with short listings of pertinent sections of code. Program listings should be limited in length to that necessary to define the algorithm; since available space precludes the reproduction of lengthy program listings, code which can be reproduced by a skilled programmer should be omitted. However, authors do have an implied obligation to make the detailed code available to interested readers on request, either directly or through organisations such as the Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange. Mathematical Expressions : All mathematical symbols may be either hand- written or typewritten, but no ambiguities should arise. Explain the meaning of all symbols in the text where they first occur. Greek letters and unusual symbols should be identified in the margin at their first mention with their names in words. Distinction should be made between capital and lower case letters; between the letter O and zero; between t he letter l, the number one and prime; between k and kappa.A vector will be printed boldface, and to indicate this the letter should be underscored with a single wavy line. The numbers identifying mathematical expressions should be placed in parentheses. References : The Harvard system is preferred, although manuscripts referenced by the numerical system will also be considered. For preference, references should be identified in the text as follows: one author (Zupan, 1989); two authors (Zupan & Gasteiger, 1991); three or more authors (Sun et al., 1994). If there is more than one publication in a single year under the same authorship use Lucasius et al. (1991a, b) etc. The references at the end of the manuscript should then be arranged as follows: Sun L.-X., Xie Y.-L., Song X.-H., Wang J.-H. & Yu R.-Q. (1994) Comput. Chem. 18, 103. Zupan J. (1989) Algorithms for Chemists. Wiley, Chichester. Zupan J. & Gasteiger J. (1991) Anal. Chim. Acta 248, 1. Titles of journals are abbreviated according to Chemical Abstracts Source Index. Serial publications such as Advances in Enzyme Regulation should be listed in the same form as journals. References to chapters in monographs are listed as follows : Fisman W.H. (1973) Advances in Enzyme Regulation (Edited by Weber G.), p. 293. Pergamon Press, Oxford. For references using the numerical system, they should be listed in the order in which they appear in the text. Figures and Tables : These should be so constructed as to be intelligible without reference to the text; every figure, table and column being provided with both heading and legend. Figures should be submitted in a form suitable for direct reproduction. They should be provided as carefully prepared line drawings about twice the final size on plain white drawing paper, suitable for direct photographic reproduction. Glossy photoprints of original laser printer are also acceptable, but dot matrix or thermal printer output is unacceptable. Each figure should be identified on the reverse, and legends provided on a separate sheet of paper. Tables and program listings will be reproduced photographically directly from the authors' copy to avoid the introduction of errors. The same quality standards set for figures apply here. Character size should not be less than 10 pt (0.14 in. or 3.5 mm). Colour: Colour illustrations for the journal are welcomed and can be published without cost to the authors subject to the discretion of the Editor, and provided colour separations of sufficient quality are supplied. Queries should be addressed to: the Production Editor, Computers and Chemistry, Elsevier Sciences Ltd., Bampfylde Street, Exeter EX1 2AH, U.K. [Tel. +44 392 51558; Fax +44 392 425370]. Cover photographs : Suggestions for colour or black-and-white cover photographs for the journal are welcome. Submit them to the Editor as slides with 8.5 x 11" colour or black-and-white prints to accompany specific articles. A short legend should accompany each photograph. Submission This may be by mail, fax, or, in certain circumstances, by email. Mail : Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate to the Editor at the following address: Dr. M. James C. Crabbe, Wolfson Laboratory, AMS Building, University of Reading, P.O.Box 228, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 2AJ, U.K. Tel : +44 734 318894 Fax : If authors feel that manuscripts that can be reviewed from a from a faxed copy (i.e. usually without half-tone figures), then a single copy of the manuscript may be transmitted to the Editor by fax, to the following number : Fax : +44 734 318894 Acknowledgement of receipt and the review decision will be returned by fax to the corresponding author. Email : For Letters, and manuscripts that can be transmitted and reviewed from an email copy (figures may be a problem), then a single copy may be transmitted to the Editor by email, to the following address: Email : SKSCRABB@READING.AC.UK Authors must include their normal mail address, fax and telephone numbers. Acknowledgement of receipt and the review decision will be returned by email to the corresponding author where possible. Disks : Authors may now submit accepted manuscripts on 3.5" or 5.25" disks. See the appropriate page in this journal for details. Refereeing of Papers All papers are subject to anonymous review by experts; authors will be provided with referees' comments. Authors may suggest potential reviewers (complete with addresses, fax and telephone numbers) for their papers, but the Editor is under no obligation to follow such suggestions. Authors may also suggest names of those they wish to be excluded from the review process. To expedite reviewing, it would be helpful if authors enclose two copies of their recent relevant papers, or papers in press. Proofs Corrections to proofs should be restricted to printers' errors. Other than these, any substantial changes will be charged to the author. Reprints These can be provided at a reasonable cost if ordered when the page proofs are returned. A reprint order form will accompany the proofs. Copies of the particular issue in which the article appears may also be ordered on this form, at a generous discount. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: James Crabbe Dear John, If you wish to pursue the publication of proceedings with Computers and Chemistry, you may like to know that the publishing editor at Elsevier is David Claridge, on : d.claridge@elsevier.co.uk Yours, James. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Received: from abtlabs.abbott.com by leeman.york.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) Received: from randb.pprd.abbott.com (randb.abbott.com) by abtlabs.abbott.com Received: from DECNET-MAIL (STEWARTK@CMDA) by RANDB.PPRD.Abbott.Com (PMDF V4.3-13 #5551) A company called ARInternet Corporation is publishing the papers >from the Electronic Computational Chemistry Conference held last November 1994. They advertise on a WWW home page at http://arinternet.arclch.com:8080 (I haven't surfed this page personally so I can't verify). Steve Bachrach would be a good person to talk with (smb@smb.chem.niu.edu) at Northern Illinois university in United States to regarding how to deal with ARInternet and electronic publishing in general. Kent Stewart Abbott Laboratories United States ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ And a final message from the same organization: Received: from abtlabs.abbott.com by leeman.york.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) Received: from randb.pprd.abbott.com (randb.abbott.com) by abtlabs.abbott.com Received: from DECNET-MAIL (MARTIN@CMDA) by RANDB.PPRD.Abbott.Com (PMDF V4.3-13 #5551) Journal vs book. The journal route is much less work because their editorial offices take care of part of it. Another advantage is that if this is a good journal, then the papers are more distributed. Final advantage is that the stuff is not camera-ready, which is easier for the authors. The book route has the advantage that everyone gets a little money. And you as editor get more fame. It also may be easier to do. Be very careful about the price that the publisher will charge and think about if your readers will pay it. It is also more work in that you, as editor, will be responsible for getting all the manuscripts, writing a preface, doing the index, etc. Also the proof-reading. If you have time, this is fun. But it can be a drag. In chosing a publisher, be sure to find someone who will publicize the book. I suggest that Wiley's Research Studies Press who did the distance geometry books & others might be a good bet. Camera ready copy is probably as easy as proof-reading inexperienced type-setters. However, there are lots of publishers. Before you do a book, you should ask if this book will be of lasting value as a reference or will it be only a summary of stuff already published elsewhere and not global in view. That is, how valuable will it be for people to own it rather than the original literature. The value should determine how much time you are willing to put into it. @@@@@@@@@@@ Yvonne Martin, Senior Project Leader @ Computer Assisted Molecular Design Project @@@@@@@@ @ D-47E, AP910 2fl @ @ Abbott Laboratories @ @ One Abbott Park Road @@@@@@@@@@ Abbott Park, IL 60064 Phone: 708 937-5362 FAX: 708 937-2625 From R29CLOSE@ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU Sun Feb 12 16:39:02 1995 Received: from phem3 for R29CLOSE@ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU by www.ccl.net (8.6.9/930601.1506) id PAA15213; Sun, 12 Feb 1995 15:51:52 -0500 Received: from ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU (MAILER@ETSU) by phem3.acs.ohio-state.edu (PMDF V4.2-13 #5888) id <01HMYU8YGVC09853ME@phem3.acs.ohio-state.edu>; Sun, 12 Feb 1995 15:51:48 EDT Received: from ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU (NJE origin R29CLOSE@ETSU) by ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3284; Sun, 12 Feb 1995 15:51:24 -0500 Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 15:46:37 -0500 (EST) From: David Close Subject: BABEL input data? To: chemistry@ccl.net Message-id: <01HMYU8YGVC29853ME@phem3.acs.ohio-state.edu> Organization: East Tennessee State University Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Dear Netters: I have been using BABEL to transform MOPAC output for viewing with ALCHEMY. Now I need to modify some crystallographic data for viewing with ALCHEMY. The BABEL instructions mention "FREE FORM FRACTIONAL" input, but I don't have a example of typical data. I have a list of xyz fractional coordinates that I would like to convert to ALCHEMY input. I am not sure how to enter the unit cell dimensions and dir- ection cosines for a monoclinic unit cell. Regards, Dave Close. 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