THE FUTURE OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, open access and the economics of digitisation

277pp., paperback, First English Language Edition, Cape Town, 2017

First published in German in 2016 as Wissenschaftliches Publizerien:  zwischen digitalisierung, leistungsmessung,Ökonomisierung und medialer beobachtung.

A collection of essays documenting the results of an interdisciplinary working group commissioned by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The focus was mainly on the sciences and humanities in Germany but the issues discussed are relevant for academic publishing in other countries.

Prof. Peter Weingart is the South African Research Chair in Science Communication at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Science Policy at Bielefeld University in Germany and former director of the Institute for Science and Technology Studies as well as of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at that university. He is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Niels Taubert is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Science Policy at Bielefeld University in Germany and former director of the Institute for Science and Technology Studies as well as of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at that university.