ABSTRACT
This chapter shows the specialization and hybridization in the multiplication of specialized journals. Some valiantly attempt to be “general” journals, such as the Journal of Psychology. It is true that some journals are specialized without penetrating other disciplines. A major focus for interaction among social scientists from different disciplines who study the law has been journals such as the Law and Society Review, Law and Policy Quarterly, and Judicature; while the first two are by intent multidisciplinary, the third has only gradually become receptive to social science research. Economists writing in a journal read by sociologists will come equipped with quite different patrimony than will their readers. By citing leading works from their patrimony, economists distill the research front for sociologists, who can then be better informed of progress being made outside their own disciplines. The hybridization of journals will expand further as a result of what is known as “electronic publishing.”
