Literate writing and collegial citing Allan D Pierce

Literate writing and collegial citing Allan D. Pierce Acoustical Society of America, Office of the Editor-in-Chief, P. O. Box 323, East Sandwich, Massachusetts 02537 ~Received 2 March 2000! JASA, Vol. 107, No. 5, pp. 2303 -2311, 2000

In the present editorial, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal explains the processes by which manuscripts are handled when they are submitted for publication. Various categories of problem papers are described, and it is emphasized that the outcome of the review process is not always predictable. Metrics for measuring paper quality and journal quality are reviewed and discussed. Arguments are given to the effect that the quality of a paper and its chances of being selected for publication will be considerably improved if the authors adopt a philosophy of literate writing and collegial citing. The detailed meaning of these phrases is discussed with accompanying examples, including the case of a paper by J. J. Waterston, the publication of which was delayed for 47 years until the paper was rediscovered by Rayleigh. © 2000 Acoustical Society of America. @S 0001 -4966~00!05005 -0# PACS numbers: 43. 05. Gv, 43. 10. Gi @ADP#