Journal Publishing and Marketing in an Age of Digital Media, Open Access and Impact Factors

被引:7
|
作者
Marland, Alex [1 ]
机构
[1] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Polit Sci, 230 Elizabeth Ave, St John, NF A1B 3X9, Canada
关键词
POLITICAL-SCIENCE; IMPROVE;
D O I
10.1017/S0008423916001086
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Worldwide, the publishing industry has been compelled to change with digital media technology, and some traditional academic journals are struggling to adapt. This article examines the marketing and publicity actions available to the Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique and similar flagship journals in an environment characterized by open access (OA) and impact factor (IF) metrics. It reviews the opportunities and threats presented by a movement towards publishing in ungated forums and pressure in the academic community to prioritize bibliometrics. It then looks at the experience, characteristics and comparative position of the Journal/Revue before reporting on perceptions and recommendations drawn from depth interviews with journal editors, presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association, and a university librarian, which are supplemented by suggestions from editorial board members. It concludes with proposals to address these circumstances head on, many of which are generalizable to other journals wrestling with marketing and publishing in the digital age. Resume Dans le monde entier, l'industrie de l'edition s'est vu contrainte d'evoluer avec la technologie numerique et certaines revues specialisees peinent a s'adapter. Cet article examine les actions de mise en marche et de publicite dont la Revue canadienne de science politique/Canadian Journal of Political Science et des publications phares similaires disposent dans un environnement caracterise par les mesures du libre acces (LA) et du facteur d'impact (FI). Il analyse les opportunites et risques que presente le passage a la publication dans des plates-formes non balisees et la pression exercee sur le milieu universitaire pour accorder la priorite aux donnees bibliometriques. Il passe ensuite en revue l'experience, les caracteristiques et la posture comparative de la Revue/Journal. De plus, il presente les differentes observations et recommandations issues d'entretiens approfondis avec des editeurs, des presidents de l'Association canadienne de science politique et d'un bibliothecaire universitaire. Des suggestions emanant des membres du comite de redaction completent le portrait. En conclusion, il formule des propositions pour attaquer de front ces circonstances, dont beaucoup peuvent etre generalisees a d'autres revues qui se debattent avec les enjeux de la mise en marche et de la publicite a l'ere numerique.
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页码:77 / 95
页数:19
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