Scholarly Communication Tools
101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication - the Changing Research Workflow
In the fast developing world of Scholarly Communication it is good to take a step back and look at the patterns and processes of innovation in this field. to this end, we have selected 101 Innovations (In The Form Of Tools & Sites) and graphically displayed them by year and also according to 6 phases of the Research Workflow: Collection Of Data & Literature, Analysis, Writing, Publishing & Archiving, Outreach and Assessment. This overview facilitates discussion on processes of Innovation, Disruption, Diffusion, Consolidation, Competition and Success, but also of failure and stagnation, over the last 3 decades. We describe some of the trends, expectations, uncertainties, opportunities and challenges within each of the workflow phases. Also, based on the graphical overview we present a juxtaposition of typical traditional, innovative and experimental workflows.
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