Aug 2016
The symposium “21st Century Challenges for History of Science and History of Medicine Journals” is part of the 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST), which will be held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 23 to 29 July 2017.
The symposium was proposed by Marcos Cueto (HCSM) and Sanjoy Bhattacharya, editor of Medical History
In this symposium, 15 editors of history of medicine and science journals will discuss the best means of enhancing scholarly perspectives about the publication of articles and book reviews in academic journals in a globalized, internet-driven age.
This symposium will be relevant to the main theme of the Congress “Science, Technology and Medicine between the Global and the Local”.
Speakers will describe their experiences, problematize some of the challenges currently facing the sector, pose some general questions about how to improve collaborations, internationalization and access, and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of multi-lingualism and Open Access.
The simposium will help to better understand authors’, reviewers’ and editors’ concerns and requirements, publishers’ and funders’ goals, impact factor measurements, indexing and database requirements, the imposition of multiple ranking exercises, and the challenges of digital initiatives and social media activities (Facebook, Twitter, institutional blogs etc.).
More information on http://www.ichst2017.sbhc.org.
