Abstract
In an age when scientific journals are proliferating, European chemists are doing their part to reverse the trend. By Jan. 1, 1998, six venerable journals published by five national chemical societies in Europe will be replaced by just two pan-European journals. The move is aimed at increasing the profile of European [chemical] publications throughout the world, according to chemistry professor Jean-Marie Lehn of Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France, who is a prominent driving force behind the consolidation. And, by design, it is in step with the current trend toward a unified Europe. Representatives from several national chemical societies in Europe began meeting in the late 1980s to discuss how journal publishing could respond to the growing movement toward European integration. A few years ago, the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and its Weinheim, Germany-based publisher VCH (now Wiley-VCH) started the ball rolling with the launch of Chemistry—A European Journal It began publishing in 1995, ...
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