Why Books are Important in the Scholarly Communication System in Social Sciences and Humanities?

"It is important to recognize [national publishers'] contribution to the preservation of the diverse and plural research in the humanities and social sciences, as well as to the transference of results to society. Both questions are linked to the existence of publishing structures in each country. All this is part of the claims of the Helsinki initiative on multilingualism in scientific communication".

The full text "Why Books are Important in the Scholarly Communication System in Social Sciences and Humanities" is openly available on the Scholarly Assessment Reports website.