weblication

web +‎ publication, publication on the "World Wide Web"

weblication (plural weblications)

1. (neologism) The act of publishing on the internet or WWW; a publication on the web.
   • 1997, David Atherton, David Steffen, and Sinai Yarus, "Scientific publishing : Paper or perish," Science Tribune, March 1997

     Weblication is used in this article to describe any dissemination of information which occurs primarily via the Internet or World Wide Web. While weblications may be downloaded to local computers or magnetic media and/or printed onto paper by individual readers, this is secondary to their initial distribution.

   • 2000 J.Q. Johnson, "Weblication & Future Publication," email posted to WEB4LIB list, 6 May 2000.

     My own feeling is that the clear trend is towards less restriction on prior informal sharing of research results, and the inclusion of unreferreed weblication as something allowed by more and more journals.

   • 2013, "Weblication," Combination: Innovate your language

     weblication : A publication that is first published on the internet (web).

2. (neologism) A platform for publication on the WWW
   • 2013, "Weblication," Urban Dictionary

     An online transmedia platform, that includes professional journals, podcasts, news briefs, image galleries, and features, that reflect specific expertise.

web +‎ application, an application on the "World Wide Web"

weblication (plural weblications)

1. (neologism) A computer application served on the internet or WWW.
   • 2007, Norshuhada Shiratuddin and Zanariah Idrus, "Web Form Design Checklist Based on the Three-Layer Model,"

     The rapid growth of weblications—application-oriented software delivered as a service over the Web—has revealed a lack of effective guidelines for their design and implementation

   • 2012, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Manual of Style," Pearson Education

     weblication : Jargon for "web application." Do not use. It could be confused with "web publication."