Dear Ms Copin, I am copying below the text from the letter we sent out to subscribers when we made the change. Please let me know if you have any further questions or need more information. For any editorial questions about the Comments series, the editor handling this series is located in Paris - Contact: Mr John Lindquist - 1 4201 6500. Thank you, Chris Schneider - IPD for The Gordon and Breach Publishing Group <christopher.schneider@gbhap.com> http://www.gbhap.com Letter sent to subscribers : Important announcement for subscribers . . COMMENTS� ON MODERN PHYSICS ISSN: 1560-5892 Section A: Comments� on Nuclear and Particle Physics ISSN: 0010-2709 Section B: Comments� on Condensed Matter Physics ISSN: 0885-4483 Section C: Comments� on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ISSN: 0374-2806 Section D: Comments� on Atomic and Molecular Physics ISSN: 0010-2687 Section E: Comments� on Astrophysics and Space Based Science ISSN: 0146-2970 Beginning in the 1999 subscription year, the Comments� series of journals will publish a bi-monthly journal entitled Comments� on Modern Physics (ISSN: 1560-5892). Each individual section will continue to publish separately twice per year. As research becomes more interactive between the five fields of physics covered by Comments�, the Editors of the series decided that the compartmentalization of these fields in separate periodicals did not always help the reader and specialist to keep abreast of the most significant developments in all modern physics, especially now that many archival budgets can only allow for some, and not all, of the five titles. This change will significantly reduce the price of current subscriptions to these sections. The 1999 rate for the new journal will be slightly more than the price of just one current section, yet the amount of material published will be the same as is now for all sections. Originally published in a pocket-size format, the page size of Comments� on Modern Physics will be increased to a 6" x 9" format to account for the greater amount of material and more suitable archiving purposes. Papers will focus more on the future direction of current research rather than the review articles that have currently appeared. In Spring 1999, Comments� on Modern Physics will commence publishing bi-monthly issues under a new numbering sequence. 1999 will publish Volume I, Issues 1-6; Year 2000 will publish Volume II, Issues 1-6; etc. Comments� on Modern Physics will first publish the material that later appears in all five sections, and, will be lower in cost (EUR700/US$850) than the price of two sections. If you have paid your last renewal subscription you need take no further action to automatically receive your 1999 subscription to Comments� on Modern Physics. Your payment reflects an introductory discount of @ 15% on the subscription price of Comments� on Modern Physics. If you have not paid your last renewal subscription we are also offering an introductory discount on the subscription price of Comments� on Modern Physics. You can subscribe now at a rate of EUR600 (US$724) as indicated on the enclosed invoice. The following subscriptions are offered for 1999. If you wish to continue with your subscription to just one section please contact one of the addresses listed above. Title Volume / Issues Annual Price Comments� on Modern Physics Volume I (issues 1-6) US$850/�500/EUR700 Comments� on Nuclear and Particle Physics Volume IA (issues 1-2) US$430/�260/EUR360 Comments� on Condensed Matter Physics Volume IB (issues 1-2) US$430/�260/EUR360 Comments� on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Volume IC (issues 1-2) US$430/�260/EUR360 Comments� on Atomic and Molecular Physics Volume ID (issues 1-2) US$430/�260/EUR360 Comments� on Astrophysics and Space Based Science Volume IE (issues 1-2) US$430/�260/EUR360 IPD Customer Services -----Original Message----- From: Isabelle Copin [mailto:ISABELLE.COPIN@BNF.FR] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 12:45 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Comments on modern physics 1560-5892 Does anybody in the list understand what is happening with Comment on modern physics (Gordon and Breach) ? First there were several series of Comments : Comments on modern physics part B Comments on plasma physics and controlled fusion Comments on nuclear and particle physics Comments on atomic and molecular physics Comments on astrophysics and space based science. ISSN online says they merged in 1999 to form one title, "Comments on modern physics". We never received the old series, except Comment on atomic and molecular physics, received until 1996. We are currently receiving the new Comments on modern physics since march 1999. But, we have just received two issues of two old series, dated 1999 (ie. after the merge) ! I am wondering if the old series are keeping on continuing while the new title is being published ? If anybody has any clue about this case, I would be very happy to hear it. Isabelle Copin Biblioth�que nationale de France Gestion centralis�e des acquisitions - P�riodiques <ISABELLE.COPIN@BNF.FR>
