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IN the February issue of Physics Today, it is mentioned that with in a few months many of the American physic journals would appear with reduced margins and with less space between the lines. By this means, without altering the page size, it is hoped to add twenty per cent to the content of each page, and thus, by saving in press work and paper, to meet the cost of publication despite the fact that costs and the volume of contributed material are rising faster than income. Another suggestion, which may yet have to be put into practice, is to use a more compact type-face. For the Journal of Chemical Physics, figures are quoted which show that there has been a steady rise in the number of printed pages, from about 600 in 1944 to 1,250 in 1948, with, in addition, a steady rise in the cost of production per page. It is estimated that 2,000 pages will be required in 1949. This is not confined to the Journal of Chemical Physics, but is typical of the other journals published by the American Institute of Physics; and the executive committee of the Institute has been contemplating some form of restriction on publication. Neither increased advertising income nor increases in subscriptions are considered to be a solution, and readers of the journals are asked to give their views and suggestions as to methods to meet the present serious situation.
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Publication Difficulties of American Physics Journals. Nature 163, 523 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163523c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163523c0