A simple proposal for the publication of journal citation distributions

1Associate Professor of Information Science, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC. H3C 3J7, Canada; Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies (OST), Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur la Science et la Technologie (CIRST), Université du Québec á Montréal, CP 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC. H3C 3P8, Canada

2Executive Editor, PLOS, 1160 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA

3Advocacy Director, PLOS, Carlyle House, Carlyle Road, Cambridge CB4 3DN, UK

4Editor-in-Chief, Science journals, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA

5Executive Director, eLife, 24 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1JP, UK

6Chief Editor, The EMBO Journal, Meyerhofstrasse 1,69117 Heidelberg, Germany

7Head of Editorial Policy, Nature Research, Springer Nature, 225 Bush Street, Suite 1850, San Francisco 94104, USA

8Publishing Director, The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, UK

9Professor of Structural Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK