7.23.2008

"Special Issues" and "Supplements"

Special Issues and Supplements can serve the same purpose: being devoted to one topic or expounding on a topic from a "regular" issue and that is what they should be used for.

Special Issues should not be so designated if it is a regular occurence (every 2nd issue of a volume for example) and there is no difference from a "regular" issue -- not even in numbering.

Supplements should not be issued at bizarre intervals from the main volume -- 2 or more years after the volume is published for example...!

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