Foreword
Editorial
Chopin, Christian
European Journal of Mineralogy Volume 14 Number 1 (2002), p. 5 - 5
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published: Jan 28, 2002
DOI: 10.1127/093512202753379372
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Abstract
The most perceptible change with this first issue of volume 14 of the European Journal of Mineralogy, at least for the readers of the paper version, is the new format of the journal. The move to the larger, sub-A4 format is intended to convey the authors’ message in an ever more efficient way, with a less compact lay-out and less reduction of the illustrations. We hope that the benefits of this change will outweigh the sense of loss that some may have with the abandonment of the traditional journal format once common to seven European mineralogical societies. The joint adoption of this format (ca. 1983) was one of the first concrete steps by the forerunner of the European Mineralogical Union (EMU) towards a European society journal. The present move to the new format therefore also reflects the inherent momentum of the European Journal of Mineralogy, which has obviously been recognized worldwide as the show-case of European mine- ralogical research since its launching in 1989.