A Plea for a Uniform System of Abbreviation when Quoting Scientific Periodicals

350 Years of Scientific Periodicals.

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Herniated intervertebral disk: a plea for a more uniform terminology.

In the original description of herniated intervertebral disk by Mixter and Barr [1), the term used was rupture of the inter-vertebral disk. However, with the passage of time, this term, although used frequently by surgeons, has become meaningless. A rupture of the disk is a common finding at autopsy when the disks are examined, but ruptures are not necessarily associated with herniation of the ...

Properties of Scientific Periodicals under Bibliometric Assessment

The methods of bibliometric research of scientific periodicals are studied much better than the properties of periodicals though the latter are the subject of the assessment. Since the properties in most cases are not being evaluated directly, the problem is to identify the intermediate that is DIRECTLY evaluated by a concrete method and to determine, which specific property of a scientific per...

The future of scientific periodicals: A librarian's perspective

Over the past two decades, libraries have moved from being warehouses of print journals to gateways to the electronic scholarly record. ‘Gatekeepers’ is perhaps a more accurate term as universities no longer own journals. Instead we buy licences which allow only university students and staff to read these digital texts. This has undoubtedly created legal barriers to access for many outside the ...