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Journal of Dairy Science 1983

Animal Science Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824

ABSTRACT

To speed publication and reduce the number of approved manuscripts waiting to be published, Volume 66 of the Journal of Dairy Science increased to 2582 pages for 349 technical reports (Table 1). That increase of 264 pages from 23 more reports (21 research) added to increases of 222 pages for 549 abstracts and 274 pages for Association activities, Journal administration, News and Events, and Student Articular to bring total pages to 3078. Volume 66 was 276 pages larger than the anniversary Volume 64 of 1981.

Results of these efforts were a trend toward shorter time from receipt of manuscripts to publication and stress on Journal finances. The decrease of 43 days average time to publication (Table 2) is only a fraction of what must be done for the Journal to do its task effectively. Larger fees for membership, subscriptions, and publication are to alleviate the financial stress. Questions are whether and how these charges should be apportioned for benefits to readers, authors, and institutions.