Libertarian Papers Included in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

January 23, 2009 12:59 PM by Stephan Kinsella (Archive)

Although Libertarian Papers was launched just 30 hours ago, I was notified this morning that we have already succeeded in being included in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (as noted on our About page). This is an important milestone, since, as several members of our Editorial Board have counseled me, being listed in various indexing/abstracting services, along with being peer reviewed, helps young academics have their publications with Libertarian Papers "count" for purposes of tenure and promotion.

We are also in the process of being included in various other indexing services, including Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities. In addition, because of the way research funding works in some countries, such as the UK, some academics need to be able to cite material published with an ISSN (one UK scholar informs me that "the government's 'research assessment exercise' uses bibliometrics that reference the ISSN numbers"). Accordingly, we have also applied for an ISSN, and should have it in a few weeks.