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The mutant journal: how adaptations to online forces are forcing STM journals to mutate
Author(s) -
Anderson Kent
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1087/09531510125100223
Subject(s) - forcing (mathematics) , mutant , publishing , mutation , process (computing) , work (physics) , computer science , sequence (biology) , adaptation (eye) , computational biology , biology , genetics , political science , gene , physics , law , programming language , neuroscience , atmospheric sciences , thermodynamics
Journals treat information in a peculiar manner. Now, online publishing is forcing rapid mutation of the journal's inherently volatile genetic code. This paper proposes a sequence of mutation, and discusses the evolutionary forces at work and how publishers can themselves adapt when faced with mutant journals.