Talk:Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

I made some preliminary edits removing promotional material and duplication. An article about a journal should contain
 * 1) Full name, & dates of start
 * 2) earlier & other titles, with dates
 * 3) Standard abbreviations used--make redirects from them.
 * 4) publishing & sponsoring body, as well as earlier publishers & sponsors
 * 5) availability on line
 * 6) availability open access, if relevant, with any limitations.
 * 7) frequency of publication
 * 8) no. of articles published a year
 * 9) circulation (sourced somewhere--default place to get it is Ulrichs)
 * 10) Name of the editors-in-chief, (but only the eds. in chief) with their institutional affiliations -- include earlier ones also.
 * 11) A list of the major indexing services that cover it -- in particular Web of Science and Scopus
 * 12) latest year's impact factor if available. Include the year so it can be updated.
 * 13) any actual references providing substantial coverage from  3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases.
 * 14) a list of the 3 or 4 most influential articles similarly, getting citation figures from Web of Science.

It should not contain
 * 1) general information about the company: this belongs only in the article on the company.
 * 2) vague promotional statements about how useful it is for people in the relevant profession
 * 3) a list of all the possible subjects covered, unless it is not reasonably obvious from the title
 * 4) adjectives of praise
 * 5) Repetition of the name of the publisher or the journal.
 * and, most important, it must contain no text from the web page description of the journal. This is a copyright violation, and needs to be rewritten. Even if you are prepared to donate copyright according to WP:DCM, it is likely to be unsuitably promotional.

If I can give you any help with this, let me know. I'm one of the people here who deal extensively with academic journals.  DGG ( talk ) 20:00, 16 October 2009 (UTC)