Two part History of the journal International Microbiology

[Garfield, Eugene]

Email: R. Guerrero [rguerrero at iecat.net]
A brief history of the SEM journal(s): staunchly resisting improbability. 1.
>From 1947 to 1997
Guerrero R, Lopez R
INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY 6 (1): 69-73 MAR 2003
Addresses:
Guerrero R, Univ Barcelona, Dept Microbiol, Av Diagonal 645, E-08028
Barcelona, Spain
Univ Barcelona, Dept Microbiol, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
CSIC, Ctr Invest Biol, Madrid, Spain
Abstract
The article is a tale of the history of the journal of the Spanish Society
for Microbiology (SEM) over a period ranging from 1947, when it was first
published, to 1997, when it took its current name International
Microbiology. The development and evolution of scientific journals, which
were publications of learned societies until Nature was launched in 1869, is
also reviewed as well as the role they have played since Journal of Savants
was first published in 1665. The characteristics of scientific journals,
made up of the items we call articles are discussed. The second half of the
article focuses on the history of the two first SEM journals, Microbiología
Española (1947-1986) and Microbiología SEM (1985-1997), in the frame of the
political, scientific situation of Spain over those years. It also describes
the attempt to publish another journal under the title Biología Microbiana,
which would have been launched in 1977. Finally, the article describes the
transition to a new international journal, started in 1998 under the title
International Microbiology.

Key words: scientific journals · articles and reprints · Microbiología
Española (1947-1986) · Microbiología SEM (1985-1997) · microbiology in Spain
in the 20th century      Cited References
GARCIAGIL J MICROBIOL SEM 13 517 1997  <<...OLE_Obj...>>  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
GARCIAMENDOZA C MICROBIOL SEM 12 1995  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
GARCIAMENDOZA C MICROBIOL SEM 11 1995  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
GUERRERO R HIST SOCIEDAD ESPANO 143 2002  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
<<...OLE_Obj...>>
ISMAT D MICROBIOL SEM 12 117 1996  <<...OLE_Obj...>>  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
MASCASTELLA J MICROBIOL SEM 13 509 1997  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
<<...OLE_Obj...>>
PIQUERAS M MICROBIOL SEM 13 229 1997  <<...OLE_Obj...>>  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
PIQUERAS M TRANSVERSAL 17 107 2002  <<...OLE_Obj...>>  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
RONDA C MICROBIOL SEM 13 499 1997  <<...OLE_Obj...>>  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
SHARP D COMUNICAR CIENCIA TR 51 109 2001  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
<<...OLE_Obj...>>
VAZQUEZ M HIST SOCIEDAD ESPANO 119 2002  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
A brief history of the journal(s) of the SEM: staunchly resisting against
improbability . II. From 1998 to 2002
Guerrero R, Lopez R
INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY
6 (2): 137-143 JUN 2003
The article describes the recent history of the journal of the Spanish
Society for Microbiology (SEM) since it took its current name International
Microbiology, in 1998, putting it in the frame of scientific editing
publication. So, the need to publish the journal in English, to adopt always
peer review-with its pros and cons-for the acceptance of articles, and to
launch the electronic version of the journal. Due to the impact that both
the 'impact factor' and the 'science citation index' have had in modern
scientific publication, the authors comment on how these concepts were born,
which are the main factors considered in the Institute for Scientific
Information journal's evaluation, as well as the misuse that policy makers
and research institutions currently make of a tool that was meant for
librarians to evaluate journal and for retrieval purposes. The changes
carried out to consolidate International Microbiology as a modest
publication, yet rigorous as for scientific quality, and attractive to its
readership are described. These changes include having an international
Editorial Board, publishing monographs on topics of the highest interest,
and introducing new sections, which results in the increase in the number of
citations.

Key words: International Microbiology (1998 to date) · scientific English ·
peer review · journals standards · online journals · Current Contents*-ISI ·
"Impact Factor" · Spanish Society for Microbiology' journals

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58      2001  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
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69      2003
  <<...OLE_Obj...>> PINERO JML            MICROBIOL SEM                 12
469      1996  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
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116      2001  <<...OLE_Obj...>>
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