Journals and Professional Societies Samuel Kaplan, Ph.D. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 10/9/2009

 A permanent record; 55,000pp  Communication: >15 Mbytes, >35 mil files, >18.6 mil pdfs  Transparency; 42% accept, 51% foreign  Research Funding and Peer Review  Career evaluation  IT IS NOT FREE: SOMEONE PAYS; $20,000,000 yearly

 Peer review; 144 Eds, 28,000 reviewers  Archive from 1916-Present  Standardize across the field  Quality control; readability, >60 staff  Presentation of format, figures and tables  Digitize all content  Nomenclature  Sharing biologicals

 Free and immediate availability  Remove copyright restrictions to downstream use  Cross-link content with other journals in the field  Link references and tables of content  Incorporate unsolicited peer review to improve content over time  Encourage data mining  Critical tables to improve genome use in the Life Sciences  Wish list

 Biosynthetic pathways  Regulatory elements  Cytochromes  rrn operons and map position  Chromosome size and coding capacity / G+C content  tRNA’s  Methods  Metagenomics  Standardization of all genomes  AND MUCH MORE

 Cost of content  Cost of quality  Protection against misuse  Detection of falsification, plagiarism, etc,  Detection of Dual Use* vs. Open Access  Journals income and role of the Professional Society to Promote Science * A direct threat to open access

 Outreach: The collective membership  Education: K – through-  Service on government panels, meetings  Cross borders to other societies  Standards and quality control  Collective action, e.g., lobbying  Financial to enhance the profession  Scientific information in many forms  Enhancing the discipline to the public  Tomorrow’s journal

 Who contributes and how  Content  Recognition to whom, from whom  Cost  Upkeep  Verification, validation and access  Maintenance  Misuse and corruption  Who can do this?