Electronic Expectations: Science Journals on the Web

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1999, analyses the convergence of financial, technical, and public policy considerations that turned what seemed like science fiction twenty years ago into a library fact of life today. It shows that while electronic publication greatly speeds issuance of important scientific results of enduring value, it also has the potential to lower the economic threshold at which crank papers and marginal publications can gain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367422409
• ISBN13: 9780367422400
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"