This isn't really surprising: it is just another hint, that it is easier to get a weak journal - published by a commercial publisher - on the ISI list than a strong one, if the latter is published independently. Hans-E. Porst Am 04.12.2008 um 15:22 schrieb Robert J. MacG. Dawson:
John Baez wrote:
I just heard that "Theory and Applications of Categories" and "Cahiers" are not listed on the Science Citation Index, while - for example - Elsevier's journal "Homeopathy" is listed there.
That would be the one with one character per issue printed among 128 blank sheets, right?
-Robert Dawson
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