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

摘要

The purpose of this study is to consider the literature that looks at the implications of information technology for scholarly journals, which have historically been a linch-pin of communication among scholars in which research results are released, discussed, vetted, and disseminated among faculty, students, and scholars. A broad range of researchers have discussed the implications of information technologies 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 and legal foundations of publishing, and the different ways that scholars can and will release their results.