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EJMS-the European Journal of Mass Spectrometry since 1994. Personal observations.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Derrick, Peter J. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Curiously journals of mass spectrometry for me always have seemed to have something to do with Australia. I migrated from England to Australia in 1975 to work with one of the eminent " Jim's " in mass spectrometry in Australia—Jim Morrison in Melbourne—and later moved to be with the other " Jim " in mass spectrometry in Australia—Jim Shannon in Sydney. Almost on day one, Jim Shannon said I should take over as Australasian Editor of Organic Mass Spectrometry. I agreed, but I'm not sure that I understood exactly what I was agreeing to. And I don't think that I did anything much for the journal. I failed completely to persuade Jim Morrison to publish in the journal, and I noticed that other Australian mass spectroscopists would submit their papers directly to the Editor-in-Chief Allan Maccoll in London. Allan Maccoll was the Australian's Australian in Europe. So as Australasian Editor I didn't learn that much about editing and publishing scientific journals—but I probably did catch the " publishing bug ". Moving back to England in the eighties, I relinquished the Australasian Editorship to John Macleod. I put thoughts of journals aside, until Fred McLafferty opined that I should be Editor-in-Chief of Organic Mass Spectrometry. Allan Maccoll probably saw me as the least objectionable of the possible successors—at least, by that time, I was an Australian (on paper at least)! That was the beginning of five very good years, in which I came to know well and respect greatly Hans-Friedrich Grützmacher—the European Editor of Organic Mass Spectrometry—and also John Holmes—North American Editor—Mamoru Ohashi in Japan and Oleg Chizhov in Russia. I came to know Brian Chait, whose interests had always been close to mine and who joined the team as an Editor. And significantly, I worked alongside and grew close to Allan Maccoll. Metrics were not so important in those days, but in the beginning all of us could see that submissions were not going up, colleagues would from time to time mention losing their libraries' subscription and we had that feeling of being slightly off the pace in terms of where the field of mass spectrometry was going. So we did the " necessary " and we thought by 1994 that we had turned the journal around—certainly there were more pages of mass spectrometry (1679 in 1993 compared to 698 in 1990). We even had a very successful issue dedicated … |
| Starting Page | xiii |
| Ending Page | xiv |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.impublications.com/subs/ejms/open/E21_xiii.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 26307747v1 |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Journal | European journal of mass spectrometry |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Etoposide/Ifosfamide/Mesna/Mitoxantrone Journal Libraries Page (document) Pancreatic Cholera Paper Relocation of home or business Spectrometry Thinking, function interest |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
