This book critically examines the historical developments and current trends in the scientific scholarly communication system, issues and challenges in scientific scholarly publishing and scientific data sharing, implications and debates associated with the influence of intellectual property rights on scientific information sharing, and new trends related to peer reviewing and measuring the impact of scientific publications. Based on thorough examination of published literature, the book illustrates the involvement of many stakeholdersscientists, science educators, university administrators, government entities, research funders, and other interested partiesin this complex and dynamic system. The discussion highlights the roles these stakeholders have to play, individually and collaboratively, to help transform the future of the scientific scholarly communication system.
1 Scientific Scholarly Communication: Moving Forward Through Open Discussions
1.1Introduction
1.2Open and Unrestricted Access to Scientific Information
1.2.1Concerns with Openly Sharing Sensitive Scientific Information
1.3Sharing Scientific Data
1.3.1Privacy and Genetic Data Sharing
1.4Intellectual Property Rights and Scientific Scholarly Communication
1.4.1Impact of IPR on Sharing Data
1.5Measuring the Impact of Scientific Research
1.6Concluding Remarks
1.7References
2 Access to Scientific Knowledge: A Historical Perspective
2.1Introduction
2.2Scientific Scholarly Information Sharing: 1600 -1900
2.3Scholarly Communication Developments in the 20th and the 21st Centuries
2.4Journal Subscription lCž
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