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Scholarly Communications: A History from Content as King to Content as Kingmaker traces the development of scholarly communications from the creation of the first scientific journal through the wide diversity of professional information services today.

The world of the academic journal continues to be one of radical change. A follow-up volume to the first edition of The Future of the Academic Journal, this book is a significant contribution to the debates around the future of journals publishing. The book takes an international perspective and looks ahead at how the industry will continue to develop over the next few years. With contributions from leading academics and industry professionals, the book provides a reliable and impartial view of this fast-changing area. The book includes various discussions on the future of journals, including the influence of business models and the growth of journals publishing, open access and academic libraries, as well as journals published in Asia, Africa and South America. looks at a fast moving and vital area for academics and publishers contains contributions from leading international figures from universities and publishers

The Handbook of Journal Publishing is a comprehensive reference work written by experienced professionals, covering all aspects of journal publishing, both online and in print. Journals are crucial to scholarly communication, but changes in recent years in the way journals are produced, financed, and used make this an especially turbulent and challenging time for journal publishers - and for authors, readers, and librarians. The Handbook offers a thorough guide to the journal publishing process, from editing and production through marketing, sales, and fulfilment, with chapters on management, finances, metrics, copyright, and ethical issues. It provides a wealth of practical tools, including checklists, sample documents, worked examples, alternative scenarios, and extensive lists of resources, which readers can use in their day-to-day work. Between them, the authors have been involved in every aspect of journal publishing over several decades and bring to the text their experience working for a wide range of publishers in both the not-for-profit and commercial sectors.

Pendant la Révolution française, les savoirs géographiques sont de moins en moins considérés comme relevant d'une culture de curiosité ; au contraire leur utilité pour le citoyen et pour l'administrateur est affirmée avec force. Les périodiques savants - généralistes ou spécialisés - accompagnent cette évolution, à la fois en contribuant à la diffusion des savoirs géographiques, en formulant un certain nombre de critiques à l'égard de textes qui n'ont pas la rigueur désormais requise par ce domaine de savoir, mais aussi en incitant savants et citoyens à produire de nouvelles géographies ou du moins à participer à la réunion des données nécessaires à l'élaboration de nouvelles descriptions. Isabelle Laboulais-Lesage, The Role of Learned Journals in the Spread of Geographical Knowledge during the French Revolution During the French Revolution, a knowledge of geography was less and less considered a matter relating to a culture of curiosity and came to be forcefully proclaimed as a matter of utility for the citizen and administrator. Learned journals, whether of general or specialized interest, featured prominently in this trend by contributing to the spread of geographical knowledge, by voicing criticism of texts deemed to lack the scientific rigour now required in this field, and also by urging scientists and citizens to produce new geographies or at least help gather the data required for the elaboration of new descriptions.

Pendant la Révolution française, les savoirs géographiques sont de moins en moins considérés comme relevant d'une culture de curiosité ; au contraire leur utilité pour le citoyen et pour l'administrateur est affirmée avec force. Les périodiques savants - généralistes ou spécialisés - accompagnent cette évolution, à la fois en contribuant à la diffusion des savoirs géographiques, en formulant un certain nombre de critiques à l'égard de textes qui n'ont pas la rigueur désormais requise par ce domaine de savoir, mais aussi en incitant savants et citoyens à produire de nouvelles géographies ou du moins à contribuer à la réunion des données nécessaires à l'élaboration de nouvelles descriptions. The Role of Learned Journals in the Spread of Geographical Knowledge during the French Revolution. During the French Revolution, a knowledge of geography was less and less considered a matter relating to a culture of curiosity and came to be forcefully proclaimed as a matter of utility for the citizen and administrator. Learned journals, whether of general or specialized interest, featured prominently in this trend by contributing to the spread of geographical knowledge, by voicing criticism of texts deemed to lack the scientific rigour now required in this field, and also by urging scientists and citizens to produce new geographies or at least help gather the data required for the elaboration of new descriptions.