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Re: journal without page numbers
Reply to: RE>journal without page numbers
G-d thought up pageless citations a long time ago:
"... there is nothing new under the sun." Eccl. I:9.
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Date: 7/10/98 10:53 AM
To: Jeffry Larson
From: david.e.stern@YALE.EDU
The first paper journal that is published without page numbers
is now out ... in physics. See the note below.
A new world of citations is about to begin ...
>Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:58:19 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Carol Hutchins <ch3@SCIRES.ACF.NYU.EDU>
>Sender: owner-slapam-l@lists.yale.edu
>To: slapam-l@lists.yale.edu
>Subject: Citing Phys Rev D
>
>I just noticed this and thought others might be interested. Had not heard
>or read it on this list. From APS web pages:
>
>Physical Review D has switched from the traditional system in which
>articles were identified by volume and page number to one that uses volume
>and article number, beginning
>with the articles appearing in Volume 58. This new system allows articles
>to be fully citable from the time that they are published electronically,
>even though the issue in which
>they will appear may not yet be completed.
>
>In this system, each article is assigned a six-digit article number. The
>algorithm for constructing these article numbers has been designed so as
>to allow the numbers to be assigned
>at the time of electronic publication, while at the same time preserving
>the usual ordering of articles by article type and subject matter in the
>printed journal. In citing these papers,
>the article number should be used instead of a page number; e.g., Phys.
>Rev. D 58, 012013 (1998)
>
>In the online version of the journal, articles can be accessed by going to
>the Table of Contents for the appropriate issue (indicated by the first
>two digits of the article number).
>Articles are listed in the Table of Contents according to increasing
>article number. Alternatively, if the article number is known, one can use
>the Volume/Article Number search
>that can be found on the home page just above the lists of Tables of
>Contents.
>
>In the printed version of the journal, articles are placed in order of
>increasing article number. Instead of page numbers, the article number
>appears on the upper right hand corner of
>the page and one locates an article much as one navigates a dictionary or
>encyclopedia.
>
>Although there is no global page numbering, pages are numbered (bottom
>center of the page) within each article (e.g., 012013-1, 012013-2,...).
>The hyphen and additional digits
>should not be used when citing the article.
>
>Although knowledge of the algorithm is not necessary for navigating the
>journal, it may be of interest. The first two digits of the article number
>correspond to the issue number
>and are determined by the date of electronic publication and by whether
>the subject matter corresponds to D1 (odd-numbered issues) or D15
>(even-numbered issues). The next two
>digits are determined by the article type and subject. The last two digits
>are assigned sequentially as articles in a given subject area are
>published within an issue.
>
>To determine the middle two digits, an article is placed in one of the
>following categories and subcategories, generally by using the principal
>PACS number.
>
>D1 Categories:
> 1 Experiment
> 2 Electroweak interactions
> 3A Strong interactions
> 3B Lattice methods
> 4 Beyond the standard model
> 5 Field theory, general methods
>
>D15 Categories:
> 1 Experiment
> 2A Astrophysics
> 2B Cosmology
> 3 General relativity, gravitation
> 4 Field theory, formal particle theory
> 5 String theory
>
>The two-digit section number is then
> 11 Rapid Communication, Category 1
> 13 Rapid Communication, Category 2
> 15 Rapid Communication, Category 3
> 17 Rapid Communication, Category 4
> 19 Rapid Communication, Category 5
>
> 20 Regular Article, Category 1
> 30 Regular Article, Category 2 [D1] or 2A [D15]
> 35 Regular Article, Category 2B [D15 only]
> 40 Regular Article, Category 3 [D15] or 3A [D1]
> 45 Regular Article, Category 3B [D1 only]
> 50 Regular Article, Category 4
> 60 Regular Article, Category 5
>
> 71 Brief Report, Category 1
> 73 Brief Report, Category 2
> 75 Brief Report, Category 3
> 77 Brief Report, Category 4
> 79 Brief Report, Category 5
>
> 81 Comment, Category 1
> 83 Comment, Category 2
> 85 Comment, Category 3
> 87 Comment, Category 4
> 89 Comment, Category 5
>
> 99 Errata
>
>
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