02/16/2022

The State of the Version of Record

Many core functions of academic publishing are decoupling from it

The “version of record” is an organizing concept in scholarly publishing. It is by reference to that version that others are understood and it is the object of financial models, policies, and recognition and reward systems.

At the same time, many of the core functions of academic publishing – in particular, registration and dissemination – are decoupling from the version of record. Scholarly publishers are also expanding their remit to encompass other article versions, as well as other research outputs, and efforts to systematically link together and track these into a “record of versions” are growing.

Today, I provide a landscape scan of the state of the “version of record.”

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Scholarly Kitchen.