LEADER 03383nam 2200385 450 001 9910617315603321 005 20230516083802.0 035 $a(CKB)5680000000123770 035 $a(NjHacI)995680000000123770 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000123770 100 $a20230516d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA History of Scientific Journals $epublishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015 /$fAileen Fyfe, [and three others] 210 1$aLondon, United Kingdom :$cUCL Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 643 pages) $cillustrations some color 311 $a1-80008-236-3 327 $aOrigin myths -- The first Philosophical Transactions, 1665-1677 -- Repeated reinventions, 1677-1696 -- Stabilising the Transactions, 1696-1752 -- The Transactions and the wider world, c.1700-1750 -- For the use and benefit of the Society, 1750-1770 -- Sociability and gatekeeping, 1770-1800 -- Circulating knowledge, c.1780-1820 -- Reforms, referees and the Proceedings, 1820-1850 -- Editing the Journals, 1850s-1870s -- Scientific publishing as patronage, c.1860-1890 -- The rise of the Proceedings, 1890-1920s -- Keeping the publications afloat, 1895-1930 -- Why do we publish? 1932-1950 -- Selling the journals in the 1950s and 1960s -- Survival in a shrinking, competitive market, c.1970-1990 -- Money and mission in the digital age, 1990-2015 -- Reflections : learning from 350 years. 330 $aModern scientific research has changed so much since Isaac Newton's day: it is more professional, collaborative and international, with more complicated equipment and a more diverse community of researchers. Yet the use of scientific journals to report, share and store results is a thread that runs through the history of science from Newton's day to ours. Scientific journals are now central to academic research and careers. Their editorial and peer-review processes act as a check on new claims and findings, and researchers build their careers on the list of journal articles they have published. The journal that reported Newton's optical experiments still exists. First published in 1665, and now fully digital, the Philosophical Transactions has carried papers by Charles Darwin, Dorothy Hodgkin and Stephen Hawking. It is now one of eleven journals published by the Royal Society of London. Unrivalled insights from the Royal Society's comprehensive archives have enabled the authors to investigate more than 350 years of scientific journal publishing. The editorial management, business practices and financial difficulties of the Philosophical Transactions and its sibling Proceedings reveal the meaning and purpose of journals in a changing scientific community. At a time when we are surrounded by calls to reform the academic publishing system, it has never been more urgent that we understand its history. 517 $aHistory of Scientific Journals 606 $aScience$vPeriodicals 606 $aScience publishing$xHistory 615 0$aScience 615 0$aScience publishing$xHistory. 676 $a070.57 700 $aFyfe$b Aileen$01161932 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910617315603321 996 $aA history of scientific journals$93300456 997 $aUNINA