[Taxacom] EJT, European journal for taxonomy : call for papers

[dipteryx at freeler.nl]

Quoting from the website (third paragraph):

  "Printed versions of EJT papers will be distributed to some major 
   natural history museums and institutions to comply with the rules
   of the different nomenclatural codes."

Whether this is a happy development (distrbution of loose papers rather
than whole issues of the Journal) is another matter ...

Paul

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu namens Adam Cotton
Verzonden: wo 29-6-2011 16:40
Aan: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Onderwerp: Re: [Taxacom] EJT, European journal for taxonomy : call for papers
 
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From: "JOCQUE Rudy" <rudy.jocque at africamuseum.be>
To: "TAXACOM" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 6:00 PM
Subject: [Taxacom] EJT, European journal for taxonomy : call for papers

Call for papers

European Journal of Taxonomy (EJT)

* *http://Web-ejt.nhm.ac.uk/index.php/ejt
<http://web-ejt.nhm.ac.uk/index.php/ejt>

*What*?

The EJT Consortium, consisting of European natural history museums and 
botanical gardens, is proud to present the *European Journal of Taxonomy*!

EJT is an international, fully electronic, Open Access journal for 
descriptive taxonomy, in *zoology, entomology, botany, and palaeontology*. 
Publishing in EJT is free (*there are no page charges*) and access is free 
as well (*there are no subscription charges*). So neither authors, nor 
readers have to pay!

EJT-papers must be original and of a high standard both in scientific 
content and technical execution (language, art work,..). The scope of EJT is 
*global*; neither authorship nor the geographical region of study is 
restricted to Europe.

EJT publishes taxonomic contributions and revisions, monographs and opinion 
papers. Less comprehensive taxonomic papers (e.g. those dealing with a few 
species of a taxon) will be accepted for review provided their wider context 
and impact is both high and explained clearly.

EJT follows Creative Commons Copyright, so authors retain the *copyright* of 
their papers.
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So any Zoological nomenclatorial changes, new taxa etc are not valid under 
the ICZN Code since the publication is completely electronic without any 
paper copies. Even Zootaxa has a paper version to make it Code compliant. 
Apart from that little issue the project is highly commendable, and I wish 
it good luck.

Adam Cotton. 



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