The article of the future - A new online article experience for increasing research efficiency, learning, and discovery

摘要

Since the invention of the written word, the transmission of knowledge by publication has remained largely unaltered. The first wholly scientific journal was published in 1665 (The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society). While this method of knowledge transmission has served science well through the last 347 years, it fails to take advantage of newer advances in electronic communication technologies. In particular, current formats of publication tend to be static, require additional effort on the part of readers to locate ancillary but important or supporting information, have little or no interactive features, does not in itself facilitate discovery, has no innate search functions or tools, is a one-way communication from author to reader, and other limitations.