From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/6868 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andree Ehresmann Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Some information on the "Cahiers" Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:01:12 +0200 Message-ID: Reply-To: Andree Ehresmann NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=ISO-8859-1;DelSp="Yes";format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315320426 30129 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2011 14:47:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:47:06 +0000 (UTC) To: "categories@mta.ca" Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Tue Sep 06 16:47:01 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtpy.mta.ca ([138.73.1.128]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R0wvT-0000YX-OB for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:47:00 +0200 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:58537) by smtpy.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1R0wtk-0002aW-2M; Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:45:12 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R0wtj-0007hA-Cp for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:45:11 -0300 Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:6868 Archived-At: Dear All, I would like to communicate some information on the "Cahiers". 1. Last year, prompted by several people, in particular Ronnie, I had =20 asked for the inclusion of the "Cahiers" in the ISI database, and I =20 was informed that the assessment process required about 1 year. The =20 answer arrived in August: it is rejected. As I was surprised, all the =20 more since I thought TAC had been accepted, I asked for the reasons. I =20 join the answer at the end of this msg. 2. The "Cahiers" show that a journal need not be very expensive. It =20 costs 82 euros a year, and lives on its subscriptions (almost all by =20 foreign universities) which entirely and exactly cover the expenses: =20 printing of the final pdf file which I give to the (commercial) =20 printer, envelopes and stamps I use for snail mail delivery. It should be noted that there is no staff expenses since, without any =20 financial nor material support, I myself edit the complete file (with =20 the help of the authors who kindly comply with my format =20 requirements?), and manage the subscriptions, the packing up and =20 sending of the volumes. I am sorry of the ThomasReuters decision which might be a prejudice =20 for the authors, I'll try to have it reversed in the future if it is =20 possible, and I hope you all will help me. Kind regards Andree =3D=3D=3D=3D Date: =09Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:53:48 +0000 [23.08.2011 21:53 CEST] De: =09rodney.chonka@thomsonreuters.comAjouter =20 rodney.chonka@thomsonreuters.com =E0 mon carnet d'adresses =C9tats-Unis =C0: =09andree.ehresmann@u-picardie.frAjouter =20 andree.ehresmann@u-picardie.fr =E0 mon carnet d'adresses Sujet: =09RE: Cahiers de Topologie et Geometrie Differentielle Categoriques Dear Prof. Ehresmann, Among the many criteria we use to evaluate a journal for possible =20 inclusion in the database, a journal's citation record (how often the =20 journal is cited and which journals cite it and are cited by it) is =20 one of the more important considerations. We examined the citation =20 record of the Cahiers for both 2009 and 2010. (The 2010 citation data =20 became available just a few months ago). The citation data for both =20 years show that the citation rate for the Cahiers was very low - even =20 lower in 2010 than in 2009 - and did not compare favorably with other =20 core mathematics journals indexed in the database, in particular, =20 journals covering the subject areas of topology and category. Theory and Applications of Categories was indeed added to the database =20 earlier this year and during its evaluation demonstrated a much =20 stronger citation rate. Many high impact journals covering the field =20 of topology, such as Topology and Its Applications, Topology and =20 Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis, are also indexed in the =20 database. Thus, these fields in mathematics are well represented in =20 the database. We would be pleased to arrange a reevaluation of the journal in 36 =20 months, if you care to contact us again at that time. (In the =20 meantime, it is not necessary to send us further issues.) Further =20 exposure to the research community, new quantitative data and our =20 evolving coverage priorities may yield a different decision. Sincerely, Rodney Chonka Editor, Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences Thomson Reuters [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]