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Memo CP-D/478

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6 December 2006
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S.Dunaeva and O. Schwerer

Subject:

Journal code PR and general format of page number

1. We propose to change the coding of Phys. Rev. volumes 133-140 (before 1970) to a way
compatible with Prola. This will supersede the way agreed earlier in Memo CP-D/384 (any way
there are many mistakes in database).
For example instead of:(J,PR,B135,330,1964) use (J,PR,135,B330,1964) - Entry O0166.
Several times I try to find through PROLA articles from these volumes (133-140) and found that in
PROLA the proper reference to these article is:Character B or A (even AB for ERRATA) before the page number, not volume number.
For example for vol. 135, if you look through PROLA you can find:Physical Review
Volume 135(July - September 1964)[ Previous volume | Next volume | All Volumes ]•Issue 1A (pA1-A286) -- 6 July 1964•

Issue 1B (pB1-B288) -- 13 July 1964•

Issue 2A (pA287-A542) -- 20 July 1964

•Issue 2B (pB289-B576) -- 27 July 1964•

Issue 3A (pA543-A830) -- 3 August 1964•

Issue 3B (pB577-B864) -- 10 August 1964•

Issue 4A (pA831-A1150) -- 17 August 1964

•Issue 4B (pB865-B1088) -- 24 August 1964•

Issue 5A (pA1151-A1470) -- 31 August 1964•

Issue 5B (pB1089-B1280) -- 7 September 1964•

Issue 6A (pA1471-A1790) -- 14 September 1964•

Issue 6B (pB1281-B1488) -- 21 September 1964•

Issue 7AB (pAB1-AB3) -- 28 September 1964

Be careful, this decision concerns only vol.133-140 (published in 1964-1965), because from 1970Publisher started series of Phys.Review: A,B,C,D, which in EXFOR are coded as:
PR/A; PR/B,PR/C, PR/D with numerical page number.
We prepared the list of references, where we need to make changes. In this file the references aregiven in two forms: how they now exist in EXFOR and how it will look like after correction.
We can do it centrally, because now we have one unique Index file or you can include them inretransmissions.

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ENTRY
20105
20106
20794
21080
21252
21387
30191
30405
A1092
A1095
A1381
A1382
A1383
A1384
A1429
A1500
C0085
C0185
C0236
C0270
C0292
C0334
C0335

REFERENCE NOW
J,PR,B133,925,196402
J,PR,B137,878,196502
J,PR,B133,1403,1964
J,PR,B140,835,196511
J,PR,B133,1403,196403
J,PR,B139,852,196508
J,PR/B,139,331,6507
J,PR/B,135,(1),99,6407
J,PR,B136,1632,196412
J,PR,B133,1178,196403
J,PR,B133,71,196401
J,PR,B133,1183,196403
J,PR,B136,1741,196412
J,PR,B139,904,196508
J,PR,B136,953,196411
J,PR,B137,499,196502
J,PR/B,135,706,196408
J,PR,B133,911,1964
J,PR/B,139,1513,1965
J,PR/B,135,122,64
J,PR/B,140,1549,65
J,PR/B,133,310,64
J,PR/B,136,425,64

PROPER REF.
J,PR,133,B925,196402
J,PR,137,B878,196502
J,PR,133,B1403,1964
J,PR,140,B835,196511
J,PR,133,B1403,196403
J,PR,139,B852,196508
J,PR,139,B331,6507
J,PR,135,(1),B99,6407
J,PR,136,B1632,196412
J,PR,133,B1178,196403
J,PR,133,B71,196401
J,PR,133,B1183,196403
J,PR,136,B1741,196412
J,PR,139,B904,196508
J,PR,136,B953,196411
J,PR,137,B499,196502
J,PR,135,B706,196408
J,PR,133,B911,1964
J,PR,139,B1513,1965
J,PR,135,B122,64
J,PR,140,B1549,65
J,PR,133,B310,64
J,PR,136,B425,64

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C0349
C0366
C0383
C0384
C0387
C0468
C0571
C0572
C0703
C0713
C0714
C0715
C0718
C0750
C0752
C1015
C1221
F0129
F0274
F0275
F0309
F0332
F0422
L0005
L0006
L0007
L0112
L0122
M0322
M0469
M0470
O0166
O0302
O0368
O0429
O0430
O0431
O0450
O0479
O0492
O0493
P0004
P0085
P0095
P0140

J,PR/B,136,1359,64
J,PR/B,133,384,64
J,PR/B,134,783,64
J,PR/B,137,367,65
J,PR/B,140,623,65
J,PR/B,136,941,196411
J,PR/B,135,669,1964
J,PR/B,135,1105,196409
J,PR/B,133,907,196402
J,PR/B,135,401,196407
J,PR/B,136,1333,196412
J,PR/B,137,826,196502
J,PR/B,139,886,1965
J,PR/B,134,1237,196406
J,PR/B,140,616,196511
J,PR,133,(3B),647,1964
J,PR,133,(B),323,1964
J,PR/B,137,1504,196503
J,PR/B,138,560,196505
J,PR/B,135,892,196408
J,PR/B,137,1466,196503
J,PR/B,139,818,196508
J,PR/B,134,110,196404
J,PR/B,133,869,1964
J,PR/B,133,1149,196403
J,PR/B,136,126,6410
J,PR,B133,869,1964
J,PR,B137,576,1965
J,PR/B,133,(3),660,64
J,PR,B133,117,1964
J,PR,138B,372,65
J,PR,B135,330,1964
J,PR,B140,1237,196512
J,PR,B140,575,1965
J,PR,B133,1507,1964
J,PR,133B,323,1964
J,PR,133B,317,1964
J,PR,B138,572,1965
J,PR,B140,1237,1965J,PR,B137,284,1965
J,PR,B137,347,1965
J,PR/B,135,669,1964
J,PR/B,137,1508,1965
J,PR/B,136,415,1964
J,PR/B,136,941,196411

J,PR,136,B1359,64
J,PR,133,B384,64
J,PR,134,B783,64
J,PR,137,B367,65
J,PR,140,B623,65
J,PR,136,B941,196411
J,PR,135,B669,1964
J,PR,135,B1105,196409
J,PR,133,B907,196402
J,PR,135,B401,196407
J,PR,136,B1333,196412
J,PR,137,B826,196502
J,PR,139,B886,1965
J,PR,134,B1237,196406
J,PR,140,B616,196511
J,PR,133,(3),B647,1964
J,PR,133,(2),B323,1964
J,PR,137,B1504,196503
J,PR,138,B560,196505
J,PR,135,B892,196408
J,PR,137,B1466,196503
J,PR,139,B818,196508
J,PR,134,B110,196404
J,PR,133,B869,1964
J,PR,133,B1149,196403
J,PR,136B,126,6410
J,PR,133,B869,1964
J,PR,137,B576,1965
J,PR,133,(3),B660,64
J,PR,133,B117,1964
J,PR,138,B372,65
J,PR,135,B330,1964
J,PR,140,B1237,196512
J,PR,140,B575,1965
J,PR,133,B1507,1964
J,PR,133,B323,1964
J,PR,133,B317,1964
J,PR,138,B572,1965
J,PR,140,B1237,1965
J,PR,137,B284,1965
J,PR,137,B347,1965
J,PR,135,B669,1964
J,PR,137,B1508,1965
J,PR,136,B415,1964J,PR,136,B941,196411

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R0047
T0044
T0126
T0268

J,PR,B133,(5),1165,196403
J,PR/B,133,1471,196403
J,PR/B,136,1719,196412
J,PR/B,133,590,1964

J,PR,133,(5),B1165,196403
J,PR,133,B1471,196403
J,PR,136,B1719,196412
J,PR,133,B590,1964

2.
The reason for the coding of PR as proposed in CP-D/384, and for some other special
coding rules for particular journals, was the restriction that page numbers had to be numeric, whichmeans that page numbers such as B330 would be illegal.
This understanding of the page number format is still built into the CHEX program but it isweakened by an ambiguous wording in the EXFOR manual.
On the bottom of page 7.22 it says about the page number in a journal code:"Page (paper#) subfield: the page number, and/or the paper #, enclosed in parentheses, which may
have any content except commas or parentheses."
The "any content" part of this sentence was recently interpreted to refer to both the page number
and the paper number.
But when we compare the wording with the explanation of paper number for other reference types
such as conferences or reports, it turns out the page number was supposed to be numeric for allreference types.
However, for the sake of compatibility with the actual publications and online archives, we propose
to lift the restriction of numeric page numbers for all reference types and to allow alphanumeric
page numbers such as B330 for all references.
If we hear of no disagreement, we will introduce this change in both the check program and themanual.

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