Op. cit.: publishing in the humanities and social sciences
Author: The Knight Higher Education Collaborative,
Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 15, Number 3, 1 July 2002 , pp. 205-216(12)
Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Abstract:
Do the humanities and social sciences have the same publishing requirements as the sciences? What can be done to counter perceptions that acquisition funds have migrated away from publications in the fields of the humanities and social sciences to meet the escalating cost of electronic and print journals in the natural and applied sciences? With university presses, non-profit publishers, and the academy itself under strain, we examine the problems, discuss the continuing requirements of scholarship, the implications for funding strategies, and the role of technology, and give examples of new ventures that suggest possible solutions to the problems. We conclude that the primary values that scholars in the humanities and social sciences hold are not dramatically different from those of other academic disciplines and make recommendations for building a broader base of support for scholarship in these areas.Document Type: Research article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315102320140509
Publication date: 2002-07-01
- Editor in Chief: Alan Singleton
North American Editor: Diane Scott-Lichter
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