THe New sCHoLarsHiP aNd
eMerGiNG forMs of PubLiCaTioN
Time-to-adoption Horizon: four to five Years
The time-honored activities of academic research and scholarly activity have benefited from the explosion of
access to research materials and the ability to collaborate at a distance. At the same time, the processes of
research, review, publication, and tenure are challenged by the same trends. The proliferation of audience-
generated content combined with open-access content models is changing the way we think about scholarship
and publication—and the way these activities are conducted