Four futures for scientific and medical publishing

Apr 1, 2003 EDITOR-For scientists and medical professionals the Lisa world scenario poses the biggest challenge, at least for the near future. 1 Today, the internet is crowded with spurious, if not false, information. [...]some way is found to help users in identifying what is chaff and what is subs...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inBMJ Vol. 326; no. 7395; pp. 932 - 933
Main Authors Guest, David G., Ana, Joseph
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Association 26.04.2003
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Futures
Internet
Letters
Open source software
Publishing
Verbal communication
Wikis
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Apr 1, 2003 EDITOR-For scientists and medical professionals the Lisa world scenario poses the biggest challenge, at least for the near future. 1 Today, the internet is crowded with spurious, if not false, information. [...]some way is found to help users in identifying what is chaff and what is substance, it will be dangerous for authors to bypass publishers who spend a lot of time, energy, and money in peer reviewing submitted articles and posting their papers on the internet. Furthermore, online information is increasingly free to users in places such as west Africa, but access is still very expensive for most potential users because the personal computer, the phone line, and the power and subscription to internet providers are still scarce and costly.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.326.7395.932/a