The Issues with Journal Issues: Let Journals Be Digital Libraries

The Issues with Journal Issues: Let Journals Be Digital Libraries

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Science depends on a communication system, and today, that is largely provided by digital technologies such as the internet and web.Despite 1964-1973 Convertible Top Boot Molding the fact that digital technologies provide the infrastructure for this communication system, peer-reviewed journals continue to mimic workflows and processes from the print era.This paper focuses on one artifact from the print era, the journal AEG DBE5961HG 90 cm Chimney Cooker Hood - Stainless Steel issue, and describes how this artifact has been detrimental to the communication of science, and therefore, to science itself.To replace the journal issue, this paper argues that scholarly publishing and journals could more fully embrace digital technologies by creating digital libraries to present and organize scholarly output.