Scholarly Publishing, Peer Review and the Internet

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Arun-Kumar Tripathi (tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 15:49:15 +0200 (MET DST) 

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 15:49:15 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: Scholarly Publishing, Peer Review and the Internet

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Greetings IFETS Forum and Dear Prof. Wiles & Merrill,

Below I received from Edward J. Valauskas <ejv@uic.edu>
via FIRSTMONDAY@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU

The April 1999 issue of First Monday (volume 4, number 4) is now available
at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_4/

Scholarly Publishing, Peer Review and the Internet
by Peter Roberts

The Internet is arguably one of the most significant technological
developments of the late 20th century. From its modest beginnings some
decades ago - where the use of networked computers was largely limited to a
select group in academia, the military and government - to the present
situation, with a complex global grid of more than 50 million users, the
Internet has become an increasingly important medium of communication in a
variety of public and private spheres. In the international academic
community the arrival of the Internet has received a mixed reception, with
responses ranging from unbridled enthusiasm to outright hostility. My
preferred stance is one of cautious optimism. This paper addresses one
domain of academic activity where I believe such a stance might be
appropriate, namely, scholarly publishing. A number of different forms of
writing in cyberspace are identified, and some of the arguments in favour
of moving from print-based publishing to electronic environments are
assessed. The paper reinforces the need for rigorous systems of peer review
in scholarly work, and considers possible futures for serials in cyberspace.

http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_4/proberts/

Kind Regards
Arun Tripathi

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