Publishing Interdisciplinary Research in Business & Society

Publishing interdisciplinary research – a perspective from the Croatian Medical Journal

Like Archimedes who demanded a place to stand so that he could move the Earth, scientific journals also need a firm point to stand on. We use this example because it stresses the importance of determining the journal’s specific research field by editorial policies. One of the basic strategies for medical journals is to define their scope, which helps them to target specific readership, attract ...

Desperately Seeking Synergy: Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting and Business History

In responding to the recent call for interdisciplinary research where synergies can be gained and institutional knowledge broadened, it is argued that a particularly strong case exists for aligning work on business and accounting history. The greater breadth and context about the structure of firms and their operating environment provided by business history facilitates an enhanced understandin...

Reclaiming Society Publishing

Learned societies have become aligned with commercial publishers, who have increasingly taken over the latter’s function as independent providers of scholarly information. Using the example of geographical societies, the advantages and disadvantages of this trend are examined. It is argued that in an era of digital publication, learned societies can offer leadership with a new model of open acc...

Interdisciplinary Research in Physics

The Business of Scientific Publishing

Scientific publishing is a major endeavor of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Although publishing requires substantial resources, it has the potential to generate both reputation and revenue to further the missions of a professional society. The AAPM owns and publishes two journals: Medical Physics and the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (JACMP), which syne...