Digital Broadband Content: Scientific Publishing

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Authors:
OECD
Publication Date :
13 Oct 2005
Pages :
106
ISBN :
9789264065901 (PDF)
DOI :
10.1787/9789264065901-en

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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.

Table of Contents

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