2 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
How libraries classified physics preprints before arXiv and set the stage for distinguishing insiders from outsiders
Phillip H. Roth
In a world with ever-growing scientific literature, meaningful classifications are vital to keep on top of the latest results. In this Comment, historian and sociologist Phillip Ro…
physics.soc-ph2025
Formalizing Informal Communication: An Archaeology of the Early Pre-Web Preprint Infrastructure at CERN
Phillip H. Roth
This article deals with the early development of preprint communication in high-energy physics, specifically with how preprint communication was formalized in the early 1960s at th…