Electronic Publishing in Science: Reality Check

Abstract

The role of the primary publisher in the changing context of today’s scholarly communication is explored in the face of the electronic publishing debate. NRC Research Press’s experience provides practical data by examining the costs of implementing electronic versions of Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. Data on early patterns of use, some associated outcomes, and a comparison of information from other scholarly publishers are presented. It is concluded that electronic journals are not significantly less expensive to produce than paper publications. The relative merits of various methods for recovering costs in an electronic environment are compared in order to identify and address specific problems.

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