Scientific Publishing

From Vanity to Strategy

Hans Roosendaal, Kasia Zalewska-Kurek, Peter Geurts, Eberhard Hilf

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9781780632100
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

Scientific Publishing addresses the issue of business models in scientific publishing and how these relate to the research process (e.g. support or inhibit this process). The researcher is taken as the starting point for the considerations to arrive at a comprehensive description of the publishing process as an integral part of the research process. The properties of different business models are tested against this description, allowing an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of these models in supporting the research process. - Examines business models in scientific publishing and how these relate to the research process i.e. support or inhibit the process - The researcher is taken as the starting point to provide a comprehensive description of the publishing process as an integral part of the research process - The various scenarios for scientific publishing are discussed and the consequences for stakeholders, such as, Higher Education Institutions and Libraries

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of tables and figures
• About the authors
• List of acronyms
• About this book
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Business models in the research environment
• Chapter 3: Research environment
• Chapter 4: Acquisition of scientific information
• Chapter 5: The market for scientific information
• Chapter 6: Criteria for business models in scientific publishing
• Chapter 7: Scenarios for scientific publishing
• Chapter 8: Consequences for stakeholders
• Chapter 9: Summary and conclusions
• References
• Index