A Century of Science Publishing: A Collection of Essays

by Fredriksson, Einar H.

• ISBN13: 9781586031480
• ISBN10: 1586031481
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Ios Pr Inc

Summary

Leading publishers and observers of the science publishing scene comment in essay form on key developments over the past century. The scale of the global research effort and its industrial organisation have resulted in substantial increases in the published volume, as well as new techniques for its handling. The former languages of science communication, like Latin and German, have given way to English. The domination of European science before WWII has been followed by large efforts in North America and the Far East.The roots of the National Library of Medicine lie in the US Army medical library, the US War effort gave rise to hypertext, and the US defense reaction to the Soviet Sputnik resulted in the Internet. The European invention of the Web has also changed the science publishing scene in the past five years. Some characteristic publishing enterprises, commercial and society owned, are described in a series of articles. These are followed by analysis of recent developments and possible changes to come. Functions of publishers, librarians and agents are brought into context. The future of publishing is currently being debated on open channels, while the historical dimension and professional input are sometimes lacking.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Einar H. Fredriksson
Publishers and Publishing
The Birth of Scientific Publishing --- Descartes in the Netherlands	3	(12)
Jean Galard
Academic Publications before 1940	15	(10)
Alan Cook
The Growth and Decline of German Scientific Publishing 1850--1945	25	(10)
Heinz Sarkowski
Ohmsha, its Birth and History	35	(14)
Seiji Sato
Science Press (Longman's Book Co., Ltd.)	49	(12)
Wang Jixiang
The Dutch Publishing Scene: Elsevier and North-Holland	61	(16)
Einar H. Fredriksson
Robert Maxwell: Forty-Four Years as Publisher	77	(14)
Robert N. Miranda
Learned Societies Adapt to New Publishing Realities --- A Review of the Role Played by U.S. Societies	91	(6)
Robert H. Marks
German Post-WWII Developments and Changes in the Language of Science	97	(12)
Ekkehard Hundt
Akademie-Verlag Berlin. Academy Publishing Tradition in East Europe	109	(8)
Hans Kruschwitz
Scientists as Publishers: The Company of Biologists Ltd.	117	(10)
Richard Skaer
Science Textbook Publishing in the U.S.	127	(6)
Yale Altman
Publishing Science and Technology Books in India	133	(6)
Mohan Primlani
Raj Mirchandani
The Move of U.S. Publishers Overseas	139	(10)
Peter Brown
Tools and Trends
Institute for Scientific Information	149	(12)
Tony Cawkell
Eugene Garfield
Medical Databases: Medline versus Excerpta Medica	161	(16)
Robert R. Blanken
Pierre J. Vinken
Impact of Computers and Communications on Publishing	177	(14)
Nico Poppelier
Einar H. Fredriksson
Developments in Technical Typesetting: TeX at the End of the 20th Century	191	(12)
Barbara Beeton
Biological and Medical Publishing via the Internet	203	(14)
Matthew Cockerill
Changes in Librarianship	217	(14)
Bjorn Tell
Peer Review: The Holy Cow of Science	231	(14)
Jaap de Vries
Watersheds in Scientific Journal Publishing	245	(12)
Jamie Cameron
The View from the Middle: Subscription Agents, Intermediaries and the ASA	257	(12)
John Merriman
Rollo Turner
Developments in Scientific Communication --- The Virtual Marketplace as a Prerequisite for Growth	269	(16)
Hans E. Roosendaal
Peter A.Th.M. Geurts
Paul E. van der Vet
Open Reviewing, Closed Refereeing: Where's the Publication?	285	(19)
Erik Sandewall
Appendix
Main Publishers' Sites and Data	304	(5)
Index	309