05.11.2024
Soviet scientific publishing and the prehistory of preprints
« There is a long history of attempts to unify and rationalise academic research. Taking the example of VINITI, the Soviet Union’s centralised approach to organising global research, Björn Hammarfelt and Johanna Dahlin explore how an organisation that at its height employed tens of thousands, provides a parallel and precursor to contemporary challenges in scholarly communication. (…) »
source > blogs.lse.ac.uk, Björn Hammarfelt, Johanna Dahlin, 4 novembre 2024