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List of Tables.....ix
List of Figures.....xv
I. INTRODUCTION.....1
II. GENERAL BIOMEDICAL BOOK REVIEWING.....11
Primary General Biomedical Reviewing Journals.....12
Time Lag in General Biomedical Book Reviewing.....18
Duplication Patterns in General Biomedical Book Reviewing.....29
III. CLINICAL MEDICAL BOOK REVIEWING.....37
Primary Clinical Medical Reviewing Journals.....38
Time Lag in Clinical Medical Book Reviewing.....43
Duplication Patterns in Clinical Medical Book Reviewing.....48
IV. GENERAL SCIENTIFIC BOOK REVIEWING.....51
Primary General Scientific Reviewing Journals.....53
Subject Distribution of Books Reviewed in General Science Journals.....54
Time Lag in General Science Book Reviewing.....59
Duplication Patterns in General Science Book Reviewing.....61
V. SUBJECT SCIENTIFIC BOOK REVIEWING.....64
Mathematics.....65
Astronomy.....68
Physics.....69
Chemistry.....74
Geology.....79
VI. ENGINEERING BOOK REVIEWING.....87
Primary Engineering Book Reviewing Journals.....90
Time Lag in Engineering Book Reviewing.....92
Duplication Patterns in Engineering Book Reviewing.....95
VII. MAJOR AMERICAN AND BRITISH BIOMEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL BOOK PUBLISHERS.....96
General Biomedical Publishers.....97
Clinical Medical Publishers.....106
General and Subject Scientific Publishers.....110
Engineering Publishers.....116
VIII. CONCLUSIONS.....123
Appendix A [tables A1-A7]. Summary Results of General Biomedical Book Reviewing.....129
Appendix B [tables B1-B6]. Summary Results of Clinical Medical Book Reviewing.....147
Appendix C [tables C1-C2]. Scientific Journals of Interest to School and Public Librarians.....161
Appendix D [tables D1-D3]. Summary Results of Subject Scientific Book Reviewing.....163
Appendix E [tables El-E4]. Summary ResuRs of Major American and British Biomedical, Scientific, and Technical Book Publishers.....169
Name and Subject Index.....177
Publisher Index.....180
Title Index.....182