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Subject: Re: Classification of Journals -- Albert Henderson
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:26:16 -0500
From: "Hufeld, Sheila" <Sheila@EXCHANGE1.MLB.ILSTU.EDU>

I learned this system when taking creative writing classes in our
Graduate
Emglish department. It has more to do with the "status" of journals
within a
profession. Tier one journals were the journals everyone wanted to
publish
in the most. I think the classification may have originated in reference
sources like Writer's Market, Poet's Market, etc.

Sheila M. Hufeld
LTA III
Acquisitions and Collection Development
Milner Library
Illinois State University

>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Classification of Journals
> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:39:28 -0400
> From: Albert Henderson <chessNIC@COMPUSERVE.COM>
>
>
> on 25 Apr 2002 Makeswary Periasamy <makeswary@NLB.GOV.SG> wrote:
>
> > Do libraries ever classify journals into "tier-one", "tier-two" &
> > "tier-three"?
> > How did this classification came about? Or are such classifications done
> > by the publishing industry for journals?
> > Does anyone know the answer?
>
>         Publishers have lots of ways of 'classifying'
>         journals, books, and other publications. This
>         'tier' business is not any publishing industry
>         classification scheme that I have ever seen.
>
> Albert Henderson
> Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000
> <70244.1532@compuserve.com>