The Form of Scientific Papers in Online Historical Journals

The purpose of this research is design of an online form for publication allowing reading, editing and distributing publications in scientific and educational journals suitable for historian scientists. Strengths and weaknesses of different formats and editing tools are considered in the context of availability of online change of publications and usage of historical researchers without any special training. Based on the received information we developed a complex approach, which unlike traditional format is dynamic and allows online editing in WYSIWYG editor. Compared to wiki format the presented form allows browsing by paragraphs and is easier to use by researchers without special technical skills. The suggested approach is implemented in online scientific journal «Istorya». The research contains survey results among «Istorya» journal authors and subscribers. The authors identified and addressed specific problems of online publication in history.