Old in New Bottles? Developments in electronic information and communication: structural change...

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

Helmut M. ArtusSocial Science Information Centre

Bonn, Germany 

Part I:

Empirical Findings

Table 1:

e-Journals According to Type of Publisher

Type of Publisher abs.

Commercial 42

Non-commercial. 59

Total: 101

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

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

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.

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

Part II:

Theoretical Explications

Science & its Sub-Systems

Science & its Sub-Systems

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

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

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

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

SciencePolitical System

Social System

Economic System

Cognitive System

SciencePoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

EconomicSystem

CognitiveSystem

SciencePoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

EconomicSystem

CognitiveSystem

ScientistPoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

Economic System

Cognitive System

SciencePoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

EconomicSystem

CognitiveSystem

SciencePoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

EconomicSystem

CognitiveSystem

ScientistPoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

... as researcher

CognitiveSystem

ScientistPoliticalSystem

SocialSystem

... as researcher

... as author

Scientist... as employee ... as reader

... as researcher

... as author

SciencePolitical System

Social System

Economic System

Cognitive System

The End