International journal
ISSN 2311-0759 (Online)
ISSN 2311-0740 (Print)


digital environment of the text

Genre of a scientific article on the Internet: Structural and semiotic transformation

The article discusses changes in scientific communication that are related to its transfer to a digital environment. The authors aim to reveal structural and semiotic transformations that the genre of scientific article undergoes in the context of transition from paper to a digital format. To this end, the characteristics of the genre in its traditional printed format are compared to the characteristics of scientific articles as they are presented in the electronic versions of journals.