Changing publication practices and the typification of the journal article in science and technology studies.

ABSTRACT: In this article, we study the development of the STS journal article format since the 1980s. Our analysis is based on quantitative data that suggest that the diversity of various journal publication types has diminished over the past four decades, while the format of research articles has become increasingly typified. We contextualize these historical shifts in qualitative terms, drawing on a set of 76 interviews with STS scholars and other stakeholders in scholarly publishing. Here, we first portray the STS publication culture of the 1980s and early 1990s. We then contrast this with an analysis of publishing practices today, which are characterized by a much more structured research process that is largely organized around the production of typified journal articles. Whereas earlier studi

SUBMITTER: Kaltenbrunner W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483190 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature