I e-mailed this letter to several journals and ask them if they may consider publishing it.
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Answer from Nature Neuroscience
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Date: Thu, 08 Oct 98 14:48:10 -0500
From: "SANDRA AAMODT"<s.aamodt_natureny.com>
To: <yeh_harlequin.co.uk>
Subject: letter to Nature Neuroscience
Dear Yehouda Harpaz,
Thank you for your letter to the editor of 7 October. Having had a
chance to consider it, we do not feel that this subject would be
appropriate for our letters section. Although we are in no way
questioning the validity of the points you raise or their interest to
those in the field, we feel that these matters would be more
appropriately discussed in the specialist literature, particularly
given the intense pressure for space on our pages.
I am sorry that we cannot be more positive on this occasion.
Yours sincerely,
Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D.
Assistant Editor
Nature Neuroscience
======================================================== To: Yehouda Harpaz <yeh_harlequin.co.uk> From: Dave_Touretzky_cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: How precise is the connectivity in the cerebral cortex? In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:03:55 +0100. <199810121203.NAA18544_gaia.cam.harlequin.co.uk> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:04:19 -0400 Hello. I don't believe this posting is appropriate for the Connectionists list. Our list is intended for sophisticated discussion among experts in artificial neural nets and computational neuroscience. The argument made in your posting, which is elementary and assumes (incorrectly) that cognitive modelers don't know anything about neuroanatomy, would be more appropriate for a Usenet newsgroup such as comp.ai.neural-nets. Regards, -- Dave Touretzky, CONNECTIONISTS moderator========================================================
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:28:11 +0100 (BST) From: F D Murtagh <FD.Murtagh_ulst.ac.uk> To: Yehouda Harpaz <yeh_harlequin.co.uk> Subject: Re: A letter to the editor In-Reply-To: <9810101256.AA22316_schiele.cam.harlequin.co.uk> Dear Yehouda Harpaz, I have had a reply from David Sanchez and he agress with me that you should prepare a paper, either aiming at Neurocomputing, or if about 6-8 pages Neurocomputing Letters. I hope this helps. Alternatively, sending to the Connectionists list would ensure that it is seen by many thousands of subscribers to that list. Best regards, Fionn Murtagh========================================================
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:17:03 +0100 From: ETJ TINS <tins_elsevier.co.uk> To: yeh_harlequin.co.uk Cc: tins_elsevier.co.uk Subject: A letter to the editor -Reply Dear Yehouda Harpaz Thank you for submitting your Letter to the Editor on the issue of connectivity precision in the cerebral cortex. As you might know, all of the Letters to the Editor that are published in Trends in Neurosciences refer to articles that have been published previously in the journal. Because of severe limitations on and competition for available space, we can consider only this type of Letter; those that deal with wider issues must be precluded, unfortunately. Therefore, I regret that I am unable to proceed further with your submission. I understand that you have also submitted the same Letter to our sister journal, Trends in Cognitive Sciences. The Editor will communicate directly with you regarding your submission there, but I should like to point out that in science it is normally considered an impropriety to submit the same manuscript to two separate publications at the same time. This in itself would be reasonable grounds for rejecting it from both publications. I am sorry to disappoint you this time and suggest that you consider submitting the Letter elsewhere, such as Nature Neuroscience. Sincerely yours Gavin Swanson, PhD Editor Trends in Neurosciences tins_elsevier.co.uk========================================================
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:17:26 +0100 From: ETJ TICS <tics_elsevier.co.uk> To: yeh_harlequin.co.uk Subject: A letter to the editor -Reply Dear Dr Harpaz, I am afraid that Trends in Cognitive Sciences does not accept letters to the Editor unless the letter deals with an issue raised within a paper that has been published within the journal. This does not seem to be the case here and so I must decline your kind offer. Perhaps you might try Current Opinion in Neurobiology. I wish you every success. Sincerely, Peter Collins PhD Editor Trends in Cognitive Sciences========================================================
Date: 14 Oct 1998 19:09:10 -0400
From: "Stephen Waxman" <stephen.waxman_yale.edu>
Subject: Re: Submission to The Neuroscientist
To: "Yehouda Harpaz" <yeh_harlequin.co.uk>
Reply to: RE>Submission to The Neuroscientist
Dear Dr. Harpaz,
Your proposed letter has now been reviewed. As you will see within
the journal, the space allotted to letters is limited. Unfortunately,
we will not be able to publish your letter.
Some other journals, which publish pieces of this type, include TINS
and J. Neurol. Sci. Since your letter deals with cortical
connectivity, the journal Cortex might also be interested. I hope
these suggestions are helpful to you.
S. Waxman
========================================================In-Reply-To: <l03110790b247c20872d4_[128.122.135.55]> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 10:21:22 -0500 To: Yehouda Harpaz <yeh_harlequin.co.uk> (by way of Neuroscience Journal) From: Kerry Walton <waltok01_endeavor.med.nyu.edu> Subject: Re: A letter to neuroscience and article ms#: A98138 Dear Dr. Harpaz: Your e-mail message of 10/12/98 was passed on to Dr. Llinás. Regarding submitting a "Letter to the Editor" Dr. Llinás said such comments are not accepted in Neuroscience. If you would like to submit a paper on this topic, Dr. Llinás would be happy to consider it as a "Letter to Neuroscience". Sincerely yours, Shannon Harding for Dr. Kerry Walton Dept. of Physiology & Neuroscience NYU School of Medicine 550 First Ave New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-263-5432 Fax: 212-263-5793 waltok01_popmail.med.nyu.edu========================================================
In-Reply-To: <199810251120.LAA19062_gaspode.cam.harlequin.co.uk.cam.harlequin.co.uk> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:48:41 -0800 To: Yehouda Harpaz <yeh_harlequin.co.uk> From: "James M. Bower" <jbower_bbb.caltech.edu> Subject: Re: Commentary in 'Journal of Computational Nueroscience' Cc: rinzel_cns.nyu.edu thank you for your commentary. At present the JCNS does not have any provision for publishing short comments like this one. My suggestion is that you consider submitting an abstract to a meeting and presenting your ideas and concerns there. Many meetings have proceedings volumes in which you could publish a short paper. However, in order to be successful in being accepted to a meeting (or by the community) you will probably need to do some analysis of data, and specifically address previous reports on this subject. Jim Bower