Re: Looking for Journal Abbreviations

[Mike Taylor <mike@miketaylor.org.uk>]

> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:48:57 +0000 (pd)
> From: Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>
> 
> At least some journals have recently changed their ways and are now
> requiring that authors write out the full reference.  I had hoped
> that this was a welcome trend away from formalized obfuscation, but
> apparently not?

It does seem that abbreviated (=obfuscated) journal names are much
less common than they used to be.  However, there are still some
venues that want them.  Hopefully that will change -- I am not
convinced that a worldwide saving of perhaps 0.02 trees per year is
worth the pain.

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