MOR i + OB

March 8, 1973

 

ISTITUTO DI GENETICA

UNIVERSITA DI PAVIA Prof. J. Lederberg
VIA SANT’EPIFANIO, 14 Dept. of Genetics
27100 PAVIA Stanford University

- Pavia

Telefoni: 31.036-7; 29.038 - Indirizzo telegrafico: Istgenetica

STANFORD -— Calif. 94305

Dear Josh, ‘

I -am. sure that. you. recall a brief conversation. that we
had last fall concerning "Plant Science Letters", an inter=
national monthly journal published by Elsevier and of which
I happen to be editor-in-chief. It concerned the coverage
of the journal by Current Contents. Apparently at that time
the publisher and the ISI people were not in agreement regar=
ding a certain fee that ISI now asks for covering a new jour=
nal. I understand that Elsevier is now willing to pay such
a fee as well as to send the required complimentary copies.
Yet it appears that it is not at all certain whether CC will
index the journal. There is something misterious in all this
business that is eluding me. Could you give me an advice con=
cerning what I should do in order to settle this matter? I may
add that from the articles that will appear in the first three
or four issues, it seems to me that the scientific standard of
the journal is pretty good and, as compared to the similar
international journals dealing with plant, biology, it is defi=
nitely above the average.

I have got a note from Ron inquiring about the financial
possibilities for him here in Pavia. I think that he may be
paid on the money that we have here for the Stanford people
as it was done for Mark Skolnick,.

The chlorine project is giving us plenty of troubles as
the weproducibility of the results seems to be an almost unat=
tainable goal.

Best regards to all of you. Ciao

 

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