Publishing and the Scientific Community

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Walton, David W. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Harcourt; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102001000323; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102001000323

Publishing is changing rapidly, as is the management of much of the scientific community world wide. Unfortunately there are features of both that should give considerable cause for alarm if one cares to look forward a few years. Let's begin with the remarkable consolidation of wonership in sci...