1. Scientific Communication Life-cycle model
Author: Prof. Bo-Christer Björk
Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland
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2. Copyright of this diagram set
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3. Background of the SCLC-model
This model has been developed since the year 2000, first in the EC-funded SciX project and later in the OACS-project, funded by the Academy of Finland
An article explaining the model will be published in the Information Research Journal
in Vol 12, No 2 (Jan 2007)
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4. Purpose of the model
The purpose of the model is to act as a roadmap for policy discussions and research concerning the process. In comparison to earlier models found in the literature this model is more detailed, hierarchical and includes more modelling constructs (activities, inputs,outputs, controls, mechanisms).
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5. Scope of the model
The scope of the model is the whole scientific communication value chain, from initial research to the assimilation of research results to improve every-day life. The model treats both informal and formal communication, as well as the publishing of data, but the major focus is on modelling the publishing and indexing of traditional peer reviewed journal articles, as well as the activities of readers to find out about them and access them. The new business models and parallel functions enabled by the Internet, such as open access journals and e-print repositories, are also in focus.
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6. Modelling methodology
The modelling methodology used is IDEF0, a process modelling method, which previously has mainly been used for business process reengineering in the manufacturing industries.
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7. IDEF0 concepts
Input
Mechanism
Control
Output
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8. Model diagrams
 The current version of the model consists of 33 diagrams, with 113 different activities and over 200 different inputs, outputs, controls and mechanisms.
They are here presented in hierachical order. The number indicates the place in the hierarchy (i.e. Diagram A11 is a breakdown of one of the activities in diagram A1)
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