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The scientific journal : authorship and the politics of knowledge in the nineteenth century /

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Not since the printing press has a media object been as celebrated for its role in the advancement of knowledge as the scientific journal. From open communication to peer review, the scientific journal has long been central both to the identity of academic scientists and to the public legitimacy of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Csiszar, Alex (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Science > Periodicals > Publishing > History > 19th century.
Communication in science.
Technical writing > History > 19th century.
SCIENCE / Reference.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "broken pieces of fact"
  • The press and academic judgment
  • Meeting in public
  • The author and the referee
  • Discovery, publication, and property
  • What is a scientific paper?
  • Access fantasies at the fin de siècle
  • Conclusion: whose impact?