Abstract

Arnout Jacobs

Authors, editors, and reviewers of academic journals are first and foremost members of the academic community. They are located all over the world, and perform their work for the journals from their home base. Publishers create the platform for their interactions by producing article databases, managing journals, and maintaining and improving reviewing systems. Following the electronic revolution that started in 1995, scientific publishing has seen major accelerations in availability, breadth, international reader- and authorship, reviewing speed, production times. All of this has led to scientific research being one of the few professions where the time spent on gathering information has actually come down, so that more time can be spent on research itself. This talk will discuss the involvement of publishers and their role in a continually changing publishing environment.