Digital Broadband Content: Scientific Publishing [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContributor
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2005.
This study of scientific publishing spans both scientific and scholarly research publishing. The analysis covers: scientific, technical and medical (STM); social sciences, humanities and arts publishing; journals, research monographs, reference books and research databases as forms of content; academic publishing and some aspects of professional publishing. It focuses on the transition from print to digital delivery, to shed light on that transition, and it recognises scientific publishing as a central element in creation and dissemination of knowledge and in innovation systems.
Summary -- -The importance of scientific publishing -- The scientific publishing industry -- Digital delivery and online access -- New value chains and business models -- Emerging issues -- Introduction -- -The central role of scientific publishing -- Analytical themes -- Outline of the report -- Scientific Publishing -- Knowledge, information and scientific publishing -- The scientific publishing industry -- The scale of scientific publishing activities -- Industry Structure and Value Chains -- The actors -- Commercial Publishers -- Society Publishers -- Institutional Publishers -- Scientific Publishing Activities -- Journal Publishing -- Book Publishing -- Databases -- Market Structure -- Business Models -- Production Costs -- Journals and Journal Articles -- Texts and Mongraphs -- Publishing and Publisher Business Models in the Print Era -- Pricing and Purchasing Budgets -- The Future -- Digital Delivery and Online Access -- Drivers and Potential -- E-Commerce and E-Business Processes -- Digital Deliver -- Adoption and Use -- The Production Supply Side -- The User Demand Side -- Impacts -- New Value Chains and Business Models -- The "Big Deal" -- "Open Access" Publishing -- Open Access Archives and Repositories -- Databases and Open Access -- Discussion -- Future Value Chains and Business Models -- Challenges and Policy Considerations -- Annex I. Recent Access Initiatives --  -- 
This study of scientific publishing spans both scientific and scholarly research publishing. The analysis covers: scientific, technical and medical (STM); social sciences, humanities and arts publishing; journals, research monographs, reference books and research databases as forms of content; academic publishing and some aspects of professional publishing. It focuses on the transition from print to digital delivery, to shed light on that transition, and it recognises scientific publishing as a central element in creation and dissemination of knowledge and in innovation systems.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Science and Technology