Elsevier's Digital Doc Prototype: Is This The Scientific Article of the Future?

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by ExJournalist • 17 years ago

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yannis• 17 years ago

Elsevier's attempts are laudable to make Scientific papers a bit more readable on the web. Most people will just download a pdf and print to read and keep! However, I was surprised to find out that their use of Javascript can only be described as 'archaic'! (Just do a page view of the images tab)

michael_nielsen• 17 years ago

More like the scientific article as it should have been by the mid-90s. Still, it's good to see some experimentation.

paulsb• 17 years ago

Here is a FriendFeed discussion about it: http://friendfeed.com/science-online/cbbe2531/news-releases-..., which boils down to the answer of 'no'.

This is typical of those with the power in science: they are too slow to embrace new technologies and to adapt to what researchers need. But, hey, why do they need to when they have researchers bent over a barrel whilst they rake in the money.

Scientific publishing is ripe for disruption, which includes getting rid of pdf.

Elsevier's Digital Doc Prototype: Is This The Scientific Article of the Future?

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