[InetBib] CfP: Special Issue der Zeitschrift „Publications“: Scholarly Communication - A Vision for Tomorrow

[Anne-Katharina Weilenmann via InetBib <inetbib@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen

Gerne mache ich Sie auf den Call for Papers zu einer Spezialausgabe der 
Zeitschrift "Publications" zum Thema "Scholarly Communication - A Vision 
for Tomorrow" aufmerksam.

„Publications“ (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications) ist eine Open 
Access-Zeitschrift (ohne APCs), mit Peer Review. Den Call für die 
Spezialausgabe finden Sie hier:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/special_issues/scholarly_communication

Open Science, as a very new movement, is slowly influencing the 
scholarly communication process. What does „scholarly communication“ 
mean? The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) defines 
this as follows: „Scholarly communication is the system through which 
research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for 
quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for 
future use. The system includes both formal means of communication, such 
as publication in peer-reviewed journals, and informal channels, such as 
electronic listservs.“

Scholarly communication and publishing has a long tradition (the first 
scientifc journal appeared in 1665). In this period of more than 350 
years, the publishing process and the scholarly product (scientific 
article) have not seen great changes. But scientists are dissatisfied 
with the publishing mechanism, they claim access, pressure to publish, 
bias of peer review (to mention only a few things). On the other side, 
innovative players like Sciencematters or RIOJournals (Research Ideas 
and Outcomes) try to revolutionize the scene with fascinating tools.

How does the actual landscape of scholarly communication look like, how 
do we envisage the future in the year 2030? Which problems are 
scientists facing today and tomorrow? How can we create an inspiring 
ecosystem for the scientific community to foster creativity and new 
ideas? „In the new world of books, every bit informs another; every page 
reads all the other pages.“ Will this vision of Kevin Kelly 
(Wired-Editor) dominate the future of scholarly communication?

This Special Issue „Scholarly Communication—a Vision for Tomorrow“ will 
gather papers with fresh ideas, thoughts and inputs to explore new ways 
in the whole publishing process. Papers on the following topics are 
expected:

– Open Science
– reading/writing process
– influence of Artificial Intelligence on scholarly communication
– Blockchain
– new models of peer reviewing
– future form of the scientific article
– nanopublications, data papers


Mit freundlichen Grüssen
Anne-Katharina Weilenmann
MSc Bibliotheks- und Informationsmanagement
http://www.biblink.ch