Digital Transformation of Research Communications: Academic Journal as an Electronic

Abstract

The article discusses characteristics and main stages of production of an electronic academic journal as one of the most important elements of contemporary research communication. The authors examine the advantages of electronic periodicals from the point of view of the development of scientific communications, as well as the role of an electronic scholarly journal in the life of academic community which is forming around digital platforms (primarily around research social networks). The conclusion is that most of the issues with the electronic format of a peer-reviewed publication have been resolved over the past decades,and remaining difficulties are most often associated with the degree of qualification of authors and editors which is needed to prepare well-structured metadata and full-text articles.