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Scientific publishing is rapidly developing from print-only to digital journals and extensive use of social media. This essay presents our experience in developing a small and scholarly journal from the so-called scientific semi-periphery and using the advantages of digital publishing to increase the visibility of the journal in international indexing and citation databases, and ensure greater visibility in the global scientific community. An editor of a scientific journal does not need to master all details of different digital publishing tools, but needs to follow the developments so that they can be best implemented in the journal.

Publishing Scientific Journals in the Digital Age: Opportunities for Small Scholarly Journals

Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health

PRILOZI

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Scientific publishing is rapidly developing from print-only to digital journals and extensive use of social media. This essay presents our experience in...

Publishing Scientific Journals in the Digital Age: Opportunities for Small Scholarly Journals

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 17 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2015-0003

Keywords
Scientific journals, digital age, publishing, research and publication ethics, fraud

© 2015 Ana Marušić

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Publishing Scientific Journals in the Digital Age: Opportunities for Small Scholarly Journals

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 17 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2015-0003

KeywordsScientific journals, digital age, publishing, research and publication ethics, fraud

© 2015 Ana Marušić

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Scientific journals, digital age, publishing, research and publication ethics, fraud