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-During an attack of [[fever]] [[Julien Offray de La Mettrie]] made [[observation|observations]] on himself with reference to the action of quickened [[circulation]] upon thought, which led him to the conclusion that physical [[phenomena]] were to be accounted for as the effects of [[Biological process|organic]] changes in the brain and nervous system. This [[conclusion]] he worked out in his earliest philosophical [[Academic publishing|work]], the ''Histoire naturelle de l'âme'' (1745). So great was the outcry caused by its publication that La Mettrie was forced to take refuge in [[Leiden]], where he developed his doctrines still more boldly and completely, and with great originality, in ''[[L'Homme machine]]'' (Eng. trans., London, 1750; ed. with introd. and notes, J. Asszat, 1865), and ''[[L'Homme plante]]'', treatises based upon principles of the most consistently materialistic character. +'''Academic publishing''' describes the subfield of [[publishing]] which distributes [[academia|academic]] [[research]] and [[scholarship]]. Most academic work is published in [[Academic journal|journal]] article, [[book]] or [[thesis]] form. The non commercial part of academic publishing is called [[grey literature]]. Much, though not all, academic publishing relies on some form of [[peer review]] or editorial refereeing to qualify texts for publication.
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 +Most established [[academic discipline]]s have their own journals and other outlets for publication, though many academic journals are somewhat [[interdisciplinarity|interdisciplinary]], and publish work from several distinct fields or subfields. The kinds of publications that are accepted as contributions of knowledge or research vary greatly between fields, as do review and publication processes.
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 +Academic publishing is undergoing major changes, emerging from the transition from the print to the electronic format. Business models are different in the electronic environment. Since the early 1990s, licensing of electronic resources, particularly journals, has been very common. Currently, a major trend, particularly with respect to scholarly journals, is [[Open access (publishing)|open access]] via the Internet. There are two main forms of open access: [[open access publishing]], in which the articles or the whole journal is freely available from the time of publication; and [[self-archiving]], where authors make a copy of their own work freely available on the web.
 +==See also==
 +* [[Academic authorship]]
 +* [[Academic writing]]
 +* [[Acknowledgment index]]
 +* [[arXiv]]
 +* [[AuthorAID]]
 +* [[Council of Science Editors]]
 +* [[Current research information system]]
 +* [[European Association of Science Editors]]
 +* [[EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles]]
 +* [[IMRAD]]
 +* [[Library publishing]]
 +* [[List of academic databases and search engines]]
 +* [[Monographic series]]
 +* [[Preprints]]
 +* [[Proceedings]]
 +* [[Rankings of academic publishers]]
 +* [[Scientific method]]
 +* [[Serials, periodicals and journals]]
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Academic publishing describes the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in journal article, book or thesis form. The non commercial part of academic publishing is called grey literature. Much, though not all, academic publishing relies on some form of peer review or editorial refereeing to qualify texts for publication.

Most established academic disciplines have their own journals and other outlets for publication, though many academic journals are somewhat interdisciplinary, and publish work from several distinct fields or subfields. The kinds of publications that are accepted as contributions of knowledge or research vary greatly between fields, as do review and publication processes.

Academic publishing is undergoing major changes, emerging from the transition from the print to the electronic format. Business models are different in the electronic environment. Since the early 1990s, licensing of electronic resources, particularly journals, has been very common. Currently, a major trend, particularly with respect to scholarly journals, is open access via the Internet. There are two main forms of open access: open access publishing, in which the articles or the whole journal is freely available from the time of publication; and self-archiving, where authors make a copy of their own work freely available on the web.

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