Modlin IM, Adler G, Alexander K, Arnold RF, Brenner DA, et al "Information assimilation and distribution challenges and goals for real and virtual journals " Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 39(3): 181-188 March 2005.

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: Irvin M. Modlin : imodlin at optonline.net


Title: Information assimilation and distribution challenges and goals for
real and virtual journals

Author(s): Modlin IM, Adler G, Alexander K, Arnold RF, Brenner DA,
Corazziari E, Floch MH, LaPorte RE, Peterson WL, Quigley EM, Shapiro MD,
Spechler SJ, Spiller RC, Tytgat GN, Wiegers WF

Source: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY 39 (3): 181-188 MAR 2005

Document Type: Article
Language: English
Cited References: 22      Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
The distribution of biomedical information was transfigured over three
centuries ago with the introduction of scientific journals. This enabled
the widespread dissemination of data to global audiences and greatly
facilitated not only the advance of science but amplified the interaction
between investigators despite their different locations. This process
continued to expand in a linear fashion prior to the emergence of the
Internet. The latter system has prompted a phenomenal augmentation of
information accessibility, and its ever-expanding use has resulted in an
exponential increase in the demand for digital technology and online
resources. This technology has achieved unprecedented acceptance in the
scientific domain and enabled publishers to expeditiously produce and
distribute journal contents online. Such unparalleled access to information
has sparked incendiary debate within the scientific community and among
journal publishers in regard to numerous issues. It is thus much debated as
to who has the right to "owns' or control intellectual property, whether
information should be made freely available to the online global community,
how to gauge the legitimacy and authenticity of published research, and the
need to reexamine the feasibility and profitability of paper journals in
consideration of the digital, online formats that continue to gain
popularity. To assess the Current status of the situation, a meeting of
journal editors, research scientists, and publishing executives was held in
Constance, Germany, on June 26, 2004, to discuss these issues and formulate
strategies and recommendations for the future of biomedical publishing.
Herewith we provide a summation (manifesto) of the meeting's proceedings
and provide a consensus opinion with the aim of illuminating the subject
and also proposing some putative solutions for the major challenges that
currently confront the scientific and publishing community.

Addresses: Modlin IM (reprint author), Yale Univ, Sch Med, 333 Cedar St,POB
208062, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
Yale Univ, Sch Med, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

E-mail Addresses: imodlin at optonline.net

Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA
19106-3621 USA
Subject Category: GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
IDS Number: 901FF

ISSN: 0192-0790

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