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Journal production: the right medium for the task
Author(s) -
Penfold David W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap/50024
Subject(s) - task (project management) , publishing , academic community , production (economics) , computer science , peer production , electronic publishing , world wide web , media studies , sociology , library science , political science , law , the internet , economics , management , microeconomics
Academic journal publishing is the communication of research results to the academic community. This paper considers the various media available for publication: principally, print–on–paper, CDs, and online ‘pure’ electronic publication, in terms of the implications of the technologies, the time involved and the cost. The importance of the publisher's contribution, in terms of peer review, copy editing and design, is also discussed. It is concluded that there is no absolute right medium, but that the publisher's contribution is vital whatever the medium used.