Scholarly Journal
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Scholarly Journal
A Scholarly Journal is a specific instantiation of a Knowledge Technology. Is it the material and procedural infrastructure that converts raw observations into validated, archivable, and disseminable knowledge.
Concept Map
Key Terms
- Epistemic Infrastructure
- Consciousness-Potential System
- Comprehensive Framework
- Symbiotic Knowledge System
- Statement of Co-Creation and Collaboration
Syncretic Terms
Related LP Terms
Non-LP Related Terms
Notes
As a Knowledge Technology, the scholarly journal operationalizes the theoretical architecture of the Knowledge System through four core mechanisms:
- Production (manuscript submission and editorial workflow),
- Validation (Peer Review) as quality-control algorithms),
- Storage (archival formatting via SGML/XML or print codex), and
- Dissemination (distribution networks ranging from 17th-century postal systems to contemporary electronic publishing platforms).
Originally materialized through the "papyrocentric" technologies of print, binding, and physical distribution,[1] the scholarly journal has transitioned to digital Knowledge Technologies—leveraging markup languages (XML, HTML), automated indexing engines, and open-source server architectures. This technological shift retains the journal’s epistemic function as a gatekeeping and priority-establishing device while theoretically enabling reductions in cost and latency. However, when captured by commercial infrastructures, this Knowledge Technology continues to impose artificial scarcity (e.g., paywalls, site-licensing monopolies), reproducing the constraints of closed-access knowledge systems despite the inherent scalability of digital media.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike. Electronic Journals and the Transformation of Scholarly Communication: Constrains and Technical Possibilities. University of Alberta, 1999. https://www.academia.edu/69375965/