Second, three internationally acknowledged journals were included which represent a more diverse approach to accounting research and which are more closely associated with non-US environments (Lukka and Kasaanen 1996; Qu et al. 2009): AOS, EAR and CPA.
Problems with terms in COSTART, including lack of specific preferred terms, were acknowledged in journal articles in the 1990s (the last version of COSTART was released in 1995).
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/12/185/prepub wouldulikeike to acknowledge this journal's referees and editor for their very helpful comments, as well as Lisa Blatt and Joanna Monday for their assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.
Ginger Pinholster, a spokeswoman for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes the journal, acknowledged that on "rare occasions" Science does allow exceptions to its publication guidelines to protect privacy.
This was acknowledged in the Journal Official's announcement last Oct. that the French government had restored his citizenship, just a few days before he was elected deputy on the Communist ticket.
In announcing the new rules, NIH Director Francis Collins and his colleague Sally Rockey acknowledged, in a Journal of the American Medical Association editorial, that partnerships between researchers and companies are "essential".
Science didn't escape the fierce criticism, as some condemned its peer-review process, especially after the journal acknowledged that the paper's primary reviewers did not include a synthetic organic chemist.
None of these discrepancies was acknowledged in the journal publication.
In this situation, a well-acknowledged journal with high-quality articles can bring essential contributions to current discussions with a high impact.
Such "in-house" support for the journal is gratefully acknowledged and appreciated by the journal.
Still, David Clark, the senior vice president in charge of Elsevier's mathematics journals, acknowledged that the boycott had drawn attention.
