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Remember that an address serves two purposes. It serves to identify the author; it also supplies (or should supply) the
author's mailing address. The mailing address is necessary for many reasons, the most common one being to denote
the source of reprints. Although it is not necessary as a rule to give street addresses for most institutions, it should be
mandatory these days to provide postal codes.
Some journals use asterisks, footnotes, or the Acknowledgments to indicate "the person to whom inquiries regarding
the paper should be addressed." Authors should be aware of journal policy in this regard, and they should decide in
advance who is to purchase and distribute reprints and from what address (since normally it is the institution that
purchases the reprints, not the individual).
Unless a scientist wishes to publish anonymously (or as close to it as possible), a full name and a full address should
be considered obligatory.
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