| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 643 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
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data file rda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Origin myths -- The first Philosophical Transactions, 1665-1677 -- Repeated reinventions, 1677-1696 -- Stabilising the Transactions, 1696-1752 -- The Transactions and the wider world, c.1700-1750 -- For the use and benefit of the Society, 1750-1770 -- Sociability and gatekeeping, 1770-1800 -- Circulating knowledge, c.1780-1820 -- Reforms, referees and the Proceedings, 1820-1850 -- Editing the Journals, 1850s-1870s -- Scientific publishing as patronage, c.1860-1890 -- The rise of the Proceedings, 1890-1920s -- Keeping the publications afloat, 1895-1930 -- Why do we publish? 1932-1950 -- Selling the journals in the 1950s and 1960s -- Survival in a shrinking, competitive market, c.1970-1990 -- Money and mission in the digital age, 1990-2015 -- Reflections : learning from 350 years. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 11, 2022). |
| Subject |
Royal Society (Great Britain) -- History.
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Science publishing -- History.
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Science -- Periodicals -- History.
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| Added Author |
Moxham, Noah, author.
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McDougall-Waters, Julie, author.
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Røstvik, Camilla Mørk, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fyfe, Aileen. History of scientific journals. London : UCL Press, 2022 9781800082342 (OCoLC)1318989576 |
| ISBN |
9781800082328 (electronic book ; PDF) |
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1800082320 (electronic book ; PDF) |
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