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Institutionalizing chemistry through journals
(1789-2018). Longevity, publication frequency, places of publication and dynamics of sub-disciplines
Marianne Noel, Frédérique Bordignon
To cite this version:
Marianne Noel, Frédérique Bordignon. Institutionalizing chemistry through journals (1789-2018).
Longevity, publication frequency, places of publication and dynamics of sub-disciplines. 9th ESPRit Conference 2021. Periodical Formats in the Market: Economies of Space & Time, Competition &
Transfer, Jun 2021, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, France. �halshs-03260793�
Growth and periodicity
Geography
Dynamics of specialities or sub-disciplines
Growth is regular and progressive in “historic”
countries of chemical and publishing industry.
45 languages 87 countries
Co-occurrence networks traced from the classification in subject headings retrieved from Ulrichsweb.
Before 1945
A set of isolated “islands”
1946 – 2000
₋ “Fundamentalization” of terms
₋ Denser network
₋ Important abstracting pole
2001 – 2018
−The core is getting stronger, the territory is expanding
−Classical areas of specialization
−Taxonomy of the discipline stabilizes
The continuous growth of the chemistry journals production was not impacted by wars and has been driven in the mid-2000s by the United States and India.
Periodicals are diverse: the oligopolistic market (driven by the American Chemical Society) does not fit to the whole picture. A relatively linear history with episodes and a fairly stable “disciplinary publication regime”
2 564 journals retrieved from Ulrichsweb
Institutionalizing chemistry through journals (1789-2018)
Longevity, publication frequency, places of publication and dynamics of sub-disciplines
Marianne Noël
LISIS, CNRS, INRAE, Univ Gustave Eiffel, Marne-La-Vallée, France
Frédérique Bordignon
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Marne-La-Vallée, France
A continuous growth with no impact due to wars
Monthly format is preferred since the 1950s
In the mid-2000s, the growth was driven by the United States (+200 journals in 10 years) and India (+100 between 2007 and 2017, predatory?).
