Chemical Literature (Chem 184/284)

Lecture 7: Types of Primary Literature, Part I:
Journals, Conference Papers, Preprints and Copyright
Quiz Questions

Question 1: Which of the following are considered primary publications?

1. _____ An article in Journal of the American Chemical Society on total synthesis of a natural product.
   
2. _____ The secret formula for Coca-Cola®:.
   
3. _____ The patent on the drug later tradenamed Lipitor.
   
4. _____ A UCSB graduate student's doctoral dissertation.
   
5. _____ An article in Scientific American about new drugs from marine organisms.
6. _____ A NASA technical report on a new type of photoelectric panel for the International Space Station.

Question 2: The journals Nature and Science are generally considered the most prestigious of all scientific journals. What are the likely reasons that this is so?

1. _____ They are the oldest of all scientific journals.
2. _____ Since they are so broad in scope, they are read by the widest possible range of scientists.
3. _____ Since they are so broad in scope, they attract a bigger pool of article submissions than more narrow journals. Therefore the editors must be highly selective, and therefore it is considered an honor to be accepted for publication.
4. _____ Scientists can remember the one-word journal titles more easily than multi-word titles like Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Question 3: Which of the following are likely to be advantages of receiving a journal in electronic form rather than in print?

1. _____ Supporting materials can be directly linked to an article instead of publishing it separately.
2. _____ Articles may be published on a Web site as soon as the editors have finished processing them, rather than waiting for a whole issue to be assembled.
3. _____ Electronic subscriptions are always less expensive than print subscriptions.
4. _____ Electronic journals always have higher-quality illustrations than print journals.
5. _____ Articles in electronic form can have links to their cited references in electronic form.

1. _____ Open access publishing will be less expensive for the authors and their funding agencies.
2. _____ Access-by-subscription denies access to crucial current research to some users who need it, especially in areas like clinical medicine.
3. _____ Open access journals will be more widely read, and their research more highly cited, than subscription-access journals.
4. _____ Publicly-funded research should be freely accessible to the general public.
5. _____ Open access journals will be more easily able to support peer review.
6. _____ Authors, not publishers, should hold the copyright for their own papers.

1. _____ Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
2. _____ Microsoft's XBox 360.
3. _____ The videogame "Halo 3"
4. _____ Chuck Huber's Chem 184 lecture notes.
5. _____ The logo used by Coca-Cola®.
6. _____ The song, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
7. _____ An article published in the Internet Journal of Chemistry.

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