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Page 1: Old  in New Bottles? Developments in electronic information and communication: structural change & and functional inertia Helmut M. Artus Social.

Old WWWine in New Bottles?

Developments in electronic information and communication: structural change & and functional inertia

Helmut M. ArtusSocial Science Information Centre

Bonn, Germany 

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Part I:

Empirical Findings

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Table 1:

e-Journals According to Type of Publisher

Type of Publisher abs.

Commercial 42

Non-commercial. 59

Total: 101

 

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Table 2: e-Journals: Free or not free?

Publisher Internet Version

  free of charge abs. %

liable to chargeabs. %

Commercial 6 14 36 86

Non-commercial

50 85 9 15

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Table 3:

Print Versions of e-Journals: Free or not free?

Publisher Print Version

  NO free of charge

liable to charge

Commercial 1 - 27

Non-commercial 22 9 11

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Table 4: Differences Between Internet and Print Version*)

  No Difference between Internet and Print

Difference between Internet and Print

 

Type of Publisher

free of charge

liable to charge

Internet free of charge

Print version free of charge

Total

Commercial - 24 3 - 27

Non-commercial 9 6 5 - 20

Total: 9 30 8 - 47

Total (aggregated) 39 (83%) 8 (17%)  

*) These are again all cases with clear information concerning prices and with different versions.

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Part I, continued:

Informal Experience from:

* database SOLIS (white & grey literature, publication series) * R&D project infoconnex * R&D project vascoda * R&D project SozioNet

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Part II:

Theoretical Explications

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Science & its Sub-Systems

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Science & its Sub-Systems

Cognitive System:         information and communication (including reduction of information)

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Science & its Sub-Systems

Cognitive System:         information and communication (including reduction of information)

Social System:         social interaction, importance and reputation of scientists, journals, institutes, scientific findings and theories

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Science & its Sub-Systems

Cognitive System:         information and communication (including reduction of information)

Social System:         social interaction, importance and reputation of scientists, journals, institutes, scientific findings and theories

Economic System:        commercial publishing, (commercial) market for scientific information, science-as-a-job & scientists-as-employees

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Science & its Sub-Systems

Cognitive System:         information and communication (including reduction of information)

Social System:         social interaction, importance and reputation of scientists, journals, institutes, scientific findings and theories

Economic System:        commercial publishing, (commercial) market for scientific information, science-as-a-job & scientists-as-employees

‘Political’ System: research funding, support of research institutes

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SciencePolitical System

Social System

Economic System

Cognitive System

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SciencePoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

EconomicSystem

CognitiveSystem

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SciencePoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

EconomicSystem

CognitiveSystem

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ScientistPoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

Economic System

Cognitive System

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SciencePoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

EconomicSystem

CognitiveSystem

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SciencePoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

EconomicSystem

CognitiveSystem

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ScientistPoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

... as researcher

CognitiveSystem

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ScientistPoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

... as researcher

... as author

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Scientist... as employee ... as reader

... as researcher

... as author

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SciencePolitical System

Social System

Economic System

Cognitive System

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