Electronic publishing 190831 223581978 2008-07-04T18:51:05Z Ckatz 831038 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/196.2.124.253|196.2.124.253]] ([[User talk:196.2.124.253|talk]]) to last version by 71.141.118.255 '''Electronic publishing''' includes the digital publication of [[ebook]]s and [[electronic article]]s, and the development of [[digital library|digital libraries]] and catalogues. Electronic publishing has become common in scientific publishing where it has been argued that [[peer-review]]ed paper [[scientific journal]]s are in the process of being replaced by electronic publishing. Although network distribution is nowadays strongly associated with electronic publishing, there are many non network electronic publications such as [[List of encyclopedias#On CD-ROM.2C DVD-ROM and.2For the Internet|Encyclopedias on CD and DVD]], as well as technical and reference publications relied on by mobile users and others without reliable and high speed access to a network. There is usually a delay of several months after an article is written before it is published in a paper journal and this makes journals not an ideal format for disseminating the latest research. In some fields such as [[astronomy]] and some parts of [[physics]], the role of the journal at disseminating the latest research has largely been replaced by [[preprint]] databases such as [[arXiv.org]]. However, scientific journals still provide an important role in quality control, archiving papers, and establishing scientific credit. In general, the electronic material uploaded to preprint database are still intended for eventual publication in a peer-reviewed journal. There is an article titled "Online or Invisible?" (see link at end of article) which provides statistical evidence that electronic publishing provides wider dissemination. A number of journals have, while retaining their peer review process, established electronic versions or even moved entirely to electronic publication. Electronic publishing is increasingly popular in works of fiction as well as with scientific articles. Electronic publishers are able to provide quick gratification for late-night readers, books that customers might not be able to find in standard book retailers (erotica is especially popular in eBook format), and books by new authors that would be unlikely to be profitable for traditional publishers. [[Hyponym]]s are: * Online publishing * ePublishing * Web Publishing While the term "Electronic Publishing" is primarily used today to refer to the current offerings of online and web-based publishers, the term has a history of being used to describe the development of new forms of production, distribution, and user intereaction in regard to computer-based production of text and other interactive media. A good example of this use of the term can be found in the work of [[Walter Bender]] and his [[Electronic Publishing Research Group]] at the [[MIT Media Lab]]. ===Technology vendors=== *[[InformIT]] *[[Ingenta]] *[[eMeta Corporation]] *[[Eastgate Systems]] ==See also== * [[Scientific method]] * [[Public Library of Science]] * [[citation index]] * [[Citeseer]] * [[Print on Demand]] * [[Open access]] * [[Medknow Publications]] ==External links== * [http://hantarto.definitionroadsafety.org/epublishing.php Electronic Paper:Merging between Traditional Publishing & e-Publishing] * [http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/oab.pdf ''Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals''] * [http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html ''Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography''] * [http://www.ama-assn.org/med_link/peer.htm AMA list of peer-reviewed journals] * [http://www.idemployee.id.tue.nl/g.w.m.rauterberg/publications/CITESEER2001online-nature.pdf Online Or Invisible?] by [[Steve Lawrence]] of the [[NEC Research Institute]] * [http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december99/12harnad.html 'Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals'] by [[Stevan Harnad]] * [http://www.libraryreference.com/electronic-journals.html Acquiring and Managing Electronic Journals] * [http://ep.media.mit.edu The Electronic Publishing Research Group] at the [[MIT Media Lab]] *[http://www.elpub.net International Conference on Electronic Publishing / ELPUB] *[http://elpub.scix.net ELPUB Digital Library] [[Category:Publishing terms]] [[Category:Electronic publishing| ]] [[de:Elektronische Publikation]] [[fr:Cyberédition]] [[ko:전자 출판]] [[ja:電子出版]]