A century of science publishing : a collection of essays / / edited by Einar H. Fredriksson.

• Author: E.H. Fredriksson (ed.)
• TeilnehmendeR: Fredriksson, Einar H.
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Publishers of the science publishing scene comment on key developments throughout the 20th century. Some characteristic publishing enterprises, commercial and society owned, are described in a series of articles, followed by analysis of developments and possible changes to come.

Table of Contents

Title page; Contents; Foreword; Publishers and Publishing; The Birth of Scientific Publishing - Descartes in the Netherlands; Academic Publications before 1940; The Growth and Decline of German Scientific Publishing 1850-1945; Ohmsha, its Birth and History; Science Press (Longman's Book Co., Ltd.); The Dutch Publishing Scene: Elsevier and North-Holland; Robert Maxwell: Forty-Four Years as Publisher; Learned Societies Adapt to New Publishing Realities - A Review of the Role Played by U.S. Societies; German Post-WWII Developments and Changes in the Language of Science

Akademie-Verlag Berlin. Academy Publishing Tradition in East EuropeScientists as Publishers: The Company of Biologists Ltd.; Science Textbook Publishing in the U.S.; Publishing Science and Technology Books in India; The Move of U.S. Publishers Overseas; Tools and Trends; Institute for Scientific Information; Medical Databases: Medline versus Excerpta Medica; Impact of Computers and Communications on Publishing; Developments in Technical Typesetting: TeX at the End of the 20th Century; Biological and Medical Publishing via the Internet; Changes in Librarianship

Peer Review: The Holy Cow of ScienceWatersheds in Scientific Journal Publishing; The View from the Middle: Subscription Agents, Intermediaries and the ASA; Developments in Scientific Communication - The Virtual Marketplace as a Prerequisite for Growth; Open Reviewing, Closed Refereeing: Where's the Publication?; Appendix; Main Publishers' Sites and Data; Index