The Future of the Academic Journal

Abstract

Introduction. Part 1 Knowledge systems: Signs of epistemic disruption: transformations in the knowledge system of the academic journal Arguments for an open model of e-science. Part 2 The journals business: Business models in journals publishing The growth of journals publishing The post-Gutenberg open access journal Publishing journals under a hybrid subscription and open access model The future of copyright: what are the pressures on the present system? Journals ranking and impact factors: how the performance of journals is measured. Part 3 Academic practices: i?½Cannot predict nowi?½: the role of repositories in the future of the journal Libraries and the future of the journal: dodging the crossfire in the e-revolution, or leading the charge? Academic publishing and the political economy of education journals Doing medical journals differently: Open Medicine, open access and academic freedom. Part 4 The journal internationally: The status and future of the African journal The future of the journal in Asia: an information ethnographeri?½s notes The future of the academic journal in China. Part 5 Digital transformations: Effects of the internet lifecycle on product development Beyond the static text: multimedia interactivity in academic journal publishing in the humanities and social sciences (not). Part 6 Coda: i?½The tiger in the corneri?½: will journals matter to tomorrowi?½s scholars?