Electronic Markets: CfP Special Issue on "Transformation of the academic publishing market"

"While the publishing market is in the midst of a dramatic transformation (from newspapers to book publishers), the segment of academic publishing (the incumbents) on the surface appears to be still relatively stable. Yet we have witnessed a plethora of innovations across the life cycle of publishing and archiving. SSRN, Google scholar, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Mendeley, Open Access journals are only the visible tip of the iceberg of new players and indeed new services and modes of publishing. These few examples convey the impression that disruptive innovations are under way and many of the established themes of digital transformation - business model and service innovation, disintermediation, cybermediation, ProSuming, new pricing models -  become discernible in distinct ways in this industry. The change and disruption have become visible across numerous dimensions ..."