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Opinion
Nature 413, 1-3 (6 September 2001) | doi:10.1038/35092665
The future of the electronic scientific literature
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Abstract
The Internet's transformation of scientific communication has only begun, but already much of its promise is within reach. The vision below may change in its detail, but experimentation and lack of dogmatism are undoubtedly the way forward.
"The Internet is easier to invent than to predict" is a maxim that time has proven to be a truism. Much the same might be said of scientific publishing on the Internet, the history of which is littered with failed predictions.
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