The Future of Research Communications

Original materials for article "The Future of Scholarly Communications" in Insights: the UKSG journal, based on a paper presented at the 37th UKSG Conference, Harrogate, April 2014. Citation - Please acknowledge Insights: the UKSG journal as the place of first publication. De Roure, D, The future of scholarly communications, Insights, 2014, 27(3), 233–238; DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1629/2048-7754.171 Author David De RoureProfessor of e-Research, University of Oxford, Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QG, UKE-mail: [e-mail] iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9074-3016 Publisher UKSGISSN 2048-7754 (Online)Issue Volume 27, Number 3 / November 2014Pages 233-238DOI 10.1629/2048-7754.171Online Date Monday, November 03, 2014 Abstract The academic publishing industry is set to celebrate 350 years of peer-reviewed scientific journals. However, there are significant shifts in the practice of scholarship, as scholars and citizens alike participate in an increasingly digital world. Is the scholarly article still fit for its purpose in this data-driven world, with new interdisciplinary methodologies and increasing automation? How might it be enhanced or replaced with new kinds of digital research objects , so as not to restrict innovation but rather create a flourishing sense-making network of humans and machines? The emerging paradigm of social machines provides a lens onto future developments in scholarship and scholarly collaboration, as we live and study in a hybrid physical-digital sociotechnical system of enormous and growing scale.