Academic Electronic Journals: Past, Present, and Future - Advances in Computers - page 145

T ABLE I
T HE C HALLENGES R ESOLVED BY E ACH T YPE OF E-J OURNALS

Challenge Paper

replacement

Hybrid
(co-existence)

Advanced
electronicity

Space Unlimited space is

available but few
articles are unusually
long. Allows more
articles to be published
than p-journals

Space is limited by pa-
per counterpart; some
journals now offer
additional information
(e.g., data sets, proto-
cols, questionnaires) in
the electronic version

Unlimited space is
available. More arti-
cles are lengthy. Also
allows more articles to
be published than in

p-journals

Ability to publish
innovative content

Unlimited space en-
ables inclusion of inno-
vative content

Space limitations in the
p-version limits inclu-
sion of innovative con-
tent

Unlimited space en-
ables inclusion of inno-
vative content

to what the p-

journal publishes

Cycle time Reduced cycle time

since backlog is not
needed and articles can
be posted as they are
ready

Limited by the num-
ber of articles per is-
sue, leading to back-
logs

Reduced cycle time.
Articles can be posted
as they are ready

New formats New formats are not

included to maintain a
paper-like look. How-
ever,

New formats are not
included with the ex-
ception of some exten-
sions in the electronic
version of articles

New formats, such as
video and audio are of-
ten introduced

color is often

used

Interactivity Possible but is not im-

plemented to retain the
“look and feel” of a p-
article

Limited by the paper
counterpart

Living scholarship is

possible

Cost Lower cost to produce

and distribute the jour-
nal

Increase in cost due to
the production of both
a p-journal and an e-
journal

Lower cost to produce
and distribute the jour-
nal

Accessibility Available anywhere at

any time

Electronic version is
available anywhere at
any time

Available anywhere at
anytime

By posting articles on the web as they are completed, publishers reduce cycle
time;
By offering both versions, additional net revenues can be gained from the sec-
ond version;
The p-journal is the journal of record but the e-journal provides additional de-
tails that cannot be included in the p-journal because of space limitations.