History of Publications: Mission or Money?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/19.5312

Keywords:

academic publications, business, history, journals, library, Munin, Norway, Open Access, Plan S, publication, scholarly publishing, science, Tromsø, UiT

Abstract

What is the historical relationship between publishing, money-making and scholarly mission? We explore the past with our guest Aileen Fyfe. She is a historian of science, technology and publishing, and Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews.

The host of this episode is Erik Lieungh.

This episode was first published 27 January 2020.

Author Biographies

Aileen Fyfe, University of St Andrews

Aileen Fyfe is a historian of science, technology and publishing, and Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. Her current research investigates the history of academic publishing from the seventeenth century to the present day, including the financial models underpinning scientific journals, their editorial and reviewing processes, and the role of learned society publishers. She is lead-author of the 2017 briefing paper Untangling Academic Publishing: a history of the relationship between commercial interests, academic prestige and the circulation of research.

Aileen Fyfe was a keynote speaker at the 14th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing.

Erik Lieungh, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Erik Lieungh is a digital adviser at the University Library and the host and editor of Open Science Talk.

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Published

2020-02-04

How to Cite

Fyfe, A., & Lieungh, E. (2020). History of Publications: Mission or Money?. Open Science Talk, (29). https://doi.org/10.7557/19.5312

Issue

No. 29 (2020): History of Publications: Mission or Money?

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Podcasts