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Which journal is "Biomimetics"? - don't know it J Mater Sci has all sorts of other stuff in it and you have to trawl through acres of other things Mater Sci Eng C has hardly any biomimetics in it at all, despite its title Proc R Soc has some, but it's not easy to get stuff into it, and sometimes just a short note or a report on industrial success is what's needed, and that definitely wouldn't get in. Biomechanics I don't see all that often, but does it have any plant papers in it? Again you have to trawl through an awful ot of other stuff. I know that it's risky starting off a new journal, but this one will have the weight of a large biomimetics lab in Jilin behind it (do I detect a whiff of national rivalry here?!) and will be listed in Current Contents, etc (which was a big problem with the Plenum "Biomimetics"). Also it will be possible to discuss methods of technology transfer, closing the gap between academia and industry, for instance, which would be difficult in a non-dedicated journal. Of the journals above, I think the Royal Soc journals are the only ones to have serious Brownie points associated with them; the others are somewhat below the parapet. One can but try. Ultimately nothing is necessary. You have the option of not buying the journal if you don't like it; putative contributors have the option of not submitting papers. Julian Vincent Yang Gan wrote: > Hi all: > Is it necessary to start a new biomimetics journal again? We've got one Biomimetics and the others like J. Mater. Sci., Mater. Sci. Eng. C., Composite Series, Proc. Roy. Soc., Biomechanics, just name a few. > Happy new year and merry christmas to all list members. > > Y. Gan > > > > --------------------- > Dr Yang Gan > Department of Materials Physics and Chemistry > University of Science and Technology Beijing > 30 Xue yuan Rd. > Beijing 100083 > P. R. China > Fax: 86-10-62332345 > Email: [log in to unmask] > -- Julian FV Vincent [log in to unmask] Professor of Biomimetics office 01225 386596 Centre for Biomimetics & Natural Technologies mobile 07941 933901 Dept of Mechanical Engineering fax 01225 386928 The University BATH BA2 7AY http://www.bath.ac.uk/Departments/Eng/biomimetics/ I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)