V isit any science library: Where once you would have seen racks and racks full of journals, you now see empty space. This is not evidence of decline. As we celebrate the 350th anniversary of the first scientific journal, we are in the midst of a profound change in how research is communicated. Paper has largely been supplanted by digital means of dissemination.
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Maryann E. Martone (2015) studied this question.