The Evolution of Scientific and Medical Journals
- 13 August 1981
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 305 (7) , 400-402
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198108133050711
Abstract
To the making of many books there is no end.— Ecclesiastes XII, V.12.In the beginning was the General Scientific Journal. And the General Scientific Journal begat the Specialty Journal, and the Specialty Journal begat the Subspecialty Journal. And the Subspecialty Journal begat the Single-Subject Journal, whether according to class of compound, specific disease, or methodology. And the Single-Subject Journal begat the Interdisciplinary Journal to link up the specialties separated at an earlier evolutionary date. And the scientific community saw that the journals were good, and they were fruitful and multiplied. So the National Journals (e.g., British, American, and . . .Keywords
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