[Taxacom] publishing (Re: ZooBank reality check)

[Edwards, G.B.]

Sorry Frank, I see your point, but I tend to agree with Doug on this.
There are standards that have to be met, and too often authors publish
papers elsewhere because journals with good standards won't accept their
papers.

It would be particularly useful in this regard to have a free access
journal with good standards for taxonomists.  The often resurrected idea
of having standard description  formats for new species would fit this
concept wonderfully (I think there may be some out there already?).
This would greatly improve the description rate from the biodiversity
studies that have been implemented in recent years from critical parts
of the world's biosphere.

This online journal might be modeled on Zootaxa or similar, with
whatever modifications needed to include all forms of life.  Personally,
I would prefer different sections for the kingdoms and select other most
abundant higher taxa.

Best, GB
-- 
G. B. Edwards, Ph.D.  [Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman] 
Curator: Arachnida (except Acari), Myriapoda, Terrestrial Crustacea,
Thysanoptera 
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, FDACS, Division of Plant
Industry 
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(352) 372-3505 x194; fax (352) 334-0737; edwardg at doacs.state.fl.us 
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Courtesy Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University
of Florida
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[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Frank Krell
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:39 PM
To: Doug Yanega; TAXACOM at MAILMAN.NHM.KU.EDU
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] publishing (Re: ZooBank reality check)

  All it 
> takes then is one properly mirrored server to accomodate the 
> entire taxonomic community (or, at worst, one server each for 
> prokaryotes, fungi, botany, zoology...)
> 
what about editors?
do you want to have peer review without control by editors?

One journal (publication venue) means only one possibility to publish.
If Nature rejected your paper, it is gone for good.
There is some advantage in variation (in biology and society).

Frank

Dr Frank-T. Krell
Head, Coleoptera Division
Editor, Systematic Entomology
Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Department of Entomology
The Natural History Museum
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London SW7 5BD, U.K.
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7942 5886
Fax +44 (0) 20 7942 5229
f.krell at nhm.ac.uk
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