Journals, learned societies and money
Philosophical Transactions , ca . 1750–1900
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9367262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aileen Fyfe (0000-0002-6794-4140, Google (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 277-299 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.2015.0032 |
| PMID | 26495578 |
| OpenAlex | W2280327463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper investigates the finances of the Royal Society and its Philosophical Transactions, showing that in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries journal publishing was a drain on funds rather than a source of income. Even without any expectation of profit, the costs of producing Transactions nevertheless had to be covered, and the way in which this was done reflected the changing financial situation of the Society. An examination of the Society's financial accounts and minute books reveals the tensions between the Society's desire to promote the widespread communication of natural knowledge, and the ever-increasing cost of doing so, particularly by the late nineteenth century
Economics · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Profit (economics · Profit motive · Project commissioning · Publishing · Social science · Sociology · Historical and Literary Studies · History of Science and Natural History · Law · Philosophy and History of Science
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |