(Fwd) Journal without page numbers (Everett Allgood) Marcia Tuttle 10 Jul 1998 20:49 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 16:36:02 -0500 From: EVERETT ALLGOOD <allgoode@ELMER4.BOBST.NYU.EDU> Subject: (Fwd) Journal without page numbers This was forwarded to me earlier today, and I thought it may be of interest to subscribers of this list. *********************** Everett Allgood Serials Cataloger New York University Libraries everett.allgood@nyu.edu 212 998 2488 ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 13:34:54 -0700 Reply-to: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU> From: Susan Jane Williams <susan.j.williams@YALE.EDU> Subject: Journal without page numbers To: VRA-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU This was sent to the Yale Library List. 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 ... Susan __________________________________________________________ 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