History of Scientific Journals

Shawn J. Martin

doi:10.33571/revistaluciernaga.v11n22a1

Authors

Shawn J. Martin Publishing Dartmouth Library https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9128-5528

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33571/revistaluciernaga.v11n22a1

Keywords:

Royal Society, history, journals, science, publications, academic communication, history of science, textual analysis

Abstract

Scholars who investigate the history of journals come from multiple disciplines and perspectives. Like those who have written about the history of professions and higher education. Mainly the fields that investigate the history of magazines are: the history of science, the history of the book, communications and information studies. Academics in all these fields would probably agree that the research article is an important artifact that is produced from the larger socialization and bureaucratization trends of universities. Research articles became an exclusive writing genre for professional scientists. Despite the importance of the research article in so many different fields of scientific research, few scholars have investigated its origins.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33571/revistaluciernaga.v11n22a1

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Shawn J. Martin, Publishing Dartmouth Library

Head of Scholarly Communication, Copyright, and Publishing Dartmouth Library. Hanover.

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