What effect does changing the title, publisher, or sponsor have?
A straightforward title change or change in sponsor usually is not brought to the attention of the LSTRC. However, the merger of two journals, one that is indexed and one that is not, usually results in the title being reviewed by the LSTRC. Occasionally, a society changes publisher but does not own the rights to the title. The resulting journal, which has a new title, is brought before the Committee as a new title. It is important in these cases to write a letter asking for the review, explaining the situation, and submitting the required number of issues. Sometimes both the new and the old titles are reviewed at the same LSTRC meeting. Note that a journal title change results in a new title abbreviation (and thus has implications for MEDLINE searching). Detailed information on how NLM constructs journal title abbreviations can be found at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/constructitle.html.
