Scientific Communication Before and After Networked Science

Open Access and Networked Science in Teaching-Learning: Bane or Blessing?

“…Discussing “open or networked science” (Carey, 2013, p. 344), Carey suggested that the “dominance of established leading journals faces a defining moment under the steady pressure of the open access movement” (p. 354). Carey compared the recent, rapid emergence of open access publishing with the turning point experienced when the first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions , was published by the Royal Society in 1665.…”

“…Carey compared the recent, rapid emergence of open access publishing with the turning point experienced when the first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions , was published by the Royal Society in 1665. More recently, Carey (2013) identified that the first electronically published referred scientific journal was published in 1987. However, with the power of the Internet and world wide web expanding possibilities very quickly, electronic publishing and open access have poised the scientific and publishing worlds on a precipice to the future.…”

“…Networked science, which also builds on the ability to share data and ideas across vast distances at any given moment in time, has been described as involving groups of researchers working on a problem or issue simultaneously, sharing data with each other as they progress (Carey, 2013). In 2011, Nielsen published Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science , sharing the transformative nature of the scientific revolution made possible by the Internet, where large problems can be tackled by groups with solutions shared almost instantaneously.…”

The impact of better access to scientific journals on the quality of research work: The case of a small university

“…Despite its high potential, OA has not (yet) been able to replace the best scientific journals, which are mostly owned by large international publishers and have to be paid for (Carey, 2013; Rodriguez, 2014; Vilar et al, 2012). When publishing a scientific article in a traditional journal or through OA, it is necessary to take into account four main factors: the visibility and discoverability of the scientific journal, publication cost, the speed of publication and prestige.…”

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“…The relationship between human and nonhuman things has been printed documents, and the increasing power and availability of digital technology. (Liu, 2003: 889) Much of the early research on this situation focused on the digitization of scholarship, particularly the status of the journal article (Clarke and Kingsley, 2008;Carey, 2013). Then most of the subsequent generation of scholarship has focused on bibliometrics, measuring the value or impact of this digitized scholarship, particularly in the context of commercial publishers.…”