History of Scientific Journals : : Publishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015 / / Aileen Fyfe [and three others].
Modern scientific research has changed so much since Isaac Newton's day: it is more professional, collaborative and international, with more complicated equipment and a more diverse community of researchers. Yet the use of scientific journals to report, share and store results is a thread that...
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : UCL Press,, 2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 643 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Origin myths
- The first Philosophical Transactions, 1665-1677
- Repeated reinventions, 1677-1696
- Stabilising the Transactions, 1696-1752
- The Transactions and the wider world, c.1700-1750
- For the use and benefit of the Society, 1750-1770
- Sociability and gatekeeping, 1770-1800
- Circulating knowledge, c.1780-1820
- Reforms, referees and the Proceedings, 1820-1850
- Editing the Journals, 1850s-1870s
- Scientific publishing as patronage, c.1860-1890
- The rise of the Proceedings, 1890-1920s
- Keeping the publications afloat, 1895-1930
- Why do we publish? 1932-1950
- Selling the journals in the 1950s and 1960s
- Survival in a shrinking, competitive market, c.1970-1990
- Money and mission in the digital age, 1990-2015
- Reflections : learning from 350 years.