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This volume marks the last in the series to be edited by Dr. Herbert Spiegel, in whose able hands it has been since he took on the position in 1983 from Dr. Morton K. Schwartz and Dr. A. L. Latner. In the period since then, beginning with Volume 24 until now with Volume 37, Dr. Spiegel has successfully commissioned top quality reviews from world-renowned experts. This quality is reflected in the ongoing acclaim there is for the Advances in Clinical Chemistry series and the large number of citations that the series receives annually. 

The volume number is important information and is recommended for all periodical citations it is essential for publications having more than one volume per year (such as the Journal of Chemical Physics). The volume number is set in italic type and is separated from the pagination information by a comma, which is set in italic type. 

References to the literature. References to the original data are given in the text, as Washburn.2 The exact citation can then be found in the list of references, which are given in alphabetical (and numerical) order, as Washburn,2 Bur. Standards J. Research 10, 525 (1933), where the numerals indicate, respectively, the volume, page, and year. The abbreviations used for the titles of the periodicals are those adopted as standard by the International Union of Chemistry (See, for example, Chemical Abstracts List of Periodicals Abstracted ). When the citation is that of a book, it is written as Washburn, Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York (1921), where the title is in quotation marks, and then in order follow the name of the publisher, the place of publication, and, in parentheses, the year of publication. If the book citation includes volume and page numbers, these follow immediately after the title. 

The SCI is designed to make up for this gap. The citation index of SCI lists all papers, patents, or books cited in a given year or 2-month period (by first author only) and then gives a list of papers that have done the citing. The index is published bimonthly and cumulated annually. For example, column 43,901 of the 1989 citation index shows that the Jencks paper mentioned above was cited as a footnote in 16 papers published in 1989. It is reasonable to assume that most of the papers that cited the Jencks paper were on closely related subjects. For each of the 16 papers are listed the first author, journal abbreviation, volume and page numbers, and year. In a similar manner, if one consulted SCI for all the years from 1968 on, one would have a complete list of papers that cited that paper. One could obviously broaden the search by then consulting SCI (from 1989 on) for papers that cited these 16 papers, and so on. Papers, patents, or books listed, for example, in the 1989 SCI may go back many years (e.g., papers published by Einstein in 1905 and 1906 are included). The only... 

If the test data is in the open scientific literature, only a standard literature citation, including the author s name, periodical name, date, volume, and page number needs to be submitted. If the test data is not published, then the full report that must be submitted must include the experimental methods, materials and results, together with a discussion and analysis, conclusions, references, and the name and address of the laboratory where the data was developed. 

Because of the large number of papers published in the period under review (1977 and 1978 calendar years), and the limited time and space available, many references herein are very brief. West European, Japanese, and North American literature has been covered fairly thoroughly, but those references to the East European and Russian literature appearing here do so mainly by virtue of a citation in Chemical Abstracts. For earlier years, the reader is referred to the chapters on Synthetic Macromolecules in the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance volumes published annually in this Specialist Periodical Reports series, beginning in 1972. 

For information on industrial mobilization planning and on the scanty procurement and supply activities of the peacetime period, the author used pertinent retired files of the Chemical Warfare Service the War Department Assistant Chief of Staff, War Plans Division (WPD), G-3, and G-4 and The Adjutant General s Office. Footnote citations throughout the volume which give file numbers preceded by the abbreviation "CWS indicate documents from the retired files of the Chemical Warfare Service. Records of the Assistant Chiefs of Staff G-3 and G-4 are indicated by the prefixes "G-3 and "G-4, respectively, those of The Adjutant General s Office by the prefix "AG. At the time this volume was written the majority of these records were in the custody of the Department of the Army. Since then, however, these records have been transferred to and are in the custody of the National Archives. 

It is disturbing that quite a number of errors are made in citing reference sources. The name of the periodical, the abbreviation used, volume, and number are the most frequent items given incorrectly or not given at all. Many times the author may just as well have omitted the reference because it is impossible to locate it from the information given. At other times the proper citation can be deduced from periodical data included in the list. 

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