Implications of Information Technology for Scientific Journal Publishing : A Literature Review

Considers the literature that looks at the implications of info. technology (IT) for scholarly journals, which have historically been a linchpin of communication among scholars in which research results are released, discussed, vetted, & disseminated among faculty, students, & scholars. A broad range of researchers have discussed the implications of IT in terms of the roles of the publishers, the ability of researchers to self-publish by posting materials to the World Wide Web, the economic & legal foundations of pub'g., & the ways that scholars can & will release their results. Contents: Purpose & Scope; Methods & Data; Findings; Gaps, Needs, & Opportunities; Lit. Reviewed; & Quantitative Studies in Lit. Reviewed.Friedlander, Amy is the author of 'Implications of Information Technology for Scientific Journal Publishing : A Literature Review', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756746582 and ISBN 0756746582.