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Special Issues of ISR 1978-1996 Title 358

I published a total of 17 special issues during the 20 years I was Editor of ISR, an average of almost one every year. However, there was no regularity in their appear- ance, and I edited one whenever a suitable subject appeared to be on offer. Alter- natively, the accumulation of several related manuscripts suggested an expansion of a theme which could be combined to form a special issue. I had as my prototype the Indian Journal Seminar, devoted totally each month to a single political or eco- nomic, but not a scientific, issue. It was edited by my good friend Romesh Thapar and after his death by his wife Raj and after her death, now by their daughter Mala Singh.

There have been two kinds of Special Issues of ISR, Sponsored (S) and non- sponsored, depending on subject and opportunity:

ISR 411 413 S 511 61 1 713 714 811 911 914 S

1112 s 1114 1214 1312 S 1413 S 1514 1713 S 1714 S 1813 S

2114 S

Science Policy 10 Years after the first Moon Landing Biotechnology and Nutrition The Diverse Sea Agriculture: Its Evolution Science and Politics Electronic Information Perception Heavy Ion Research 600 Years University of Heidelberg Disasters Australian Bicentennial European Space Agency 25 Years German Cancer Research Joseph Needham 90 Years Old Gold: Art, Science and Technology Focus on Gold Interdisciplinary High Technology at Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Centre Man - Environment -Technology: Interdisciplinary Science Support by the Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation

It was always difficult to find a Sponsor and equally difficult to find the right subject for the Sponsor to support. The conditions for a Special Issue were therefore sim- ple: A minimum of 5000 copies at a price of .€ 5 had to be ordered from the publish- er, who was prepared for that price to deliver the copies of the Journal free of charge with two colour covers, front and back.

Sponsorship for a single issue of a scientific Journal was a successful new idea.

IBnck to Synopsis I I I To .. ISR Volume 13 and Volume 14. ISR 13/1 +Legacy of Lesseps: A School of Engineering and Diplomacy+. Title 359.

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