SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL AS SOCIO-COMMUNICATIVE PHENOMENON: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS

Abstract

The need to study a scientific journal as socio-communicative phenomenon is caused by a rapid development of communication processes in the scientific sphere and the need for the integration of Ukrainian science into the world scientific and cultural spaces. The number of scientific journals is growing exponentially, globalization in scientific communication is deepening. Thus, the study of the formation and development trends of scientific journals, the generalization of world and Ukrainian experience in scholarly publishing is extremely important. The research was carried out using analysis, synthesis, classification, comparison. The logic of our research develops from the selection of facts, their study, systematization, and generalization to the prediction of the development of a scientific journal as a social-communication phenomenon. To summarize the theory, historical and logical methods were applied. Based on a systematic approach, we reached the conclusions and distinguished the trends of scientific publishing. The world of scientific journals is a structured and hierarchical system. Their functions include verification, storage and dissemination of scientific knowledge. The main characteristics of a scientific journal as a social communication phenomenon are following: 1) to support of scientific communication; 2) to fix communicative roles of participants of the editorial and publishing process; 3) to focus on civilizational challenges; 4) special language and text; dependence on English as the language of international scientific communication. A scientific journal enables theorists and practitioners to obtain new information in the field of fundamental and applied research, to familiarize themselves with new methods of scientific studies, helps to understand the trends of scientific discourse, contributes to the design and forecasting of scientific activity, provides a guide about how research results should be presented in terms of content and form. As powerful accumulators of verified scientific knowledge, scientific periodicals create the space of scientific communication, uniting the scientific community and building its interaction with society, business and the state. Authors, editors and reviewers, as well as consumers of scientific content, participate in scientific communication through a scientific journal. Awareness of the laws of scientific journal evolution and the generalization of the best practices in this field can be a methodological basis for the development and implementation of an effective policy in the field of scientific press publishing in Ukraine.