The embargoed-news releases of scientific and medical findings would no longer carry much weight with the media, so journals such as Nature can no longer hold their prestige. Also, articles sometimes have to be long in order to fully explain a new idea, but these are rejected simply because it doesn't fit into the page limit designated by a particular journal. Peer-review should consist of the publication of ALL submitted papers in the print version, so that scientists themselves, not just those sitting on the editorial board, can give helpful ideas, references to research missed by the article's author, criticize ideas for their inanity as so on. Such open communication would facilitate better quality of research and encourage those with novel ideas to submit then and get feedback from peers. Journals taking on this new sort of peer-review would also be making more profit than they previously did, because more advertisers will want to be in journals that reach larger and more diverse audiences.
Journals currently limit, rather than facilitate, scientific communication.
The implementation of XML as a ubiquitous feature of journals' online full-text access can provide better quality and quantity of information while maintaining the profit margin. Back to Embedded Kernel Back Home Sign up for our free Kinetics Newsletter . Send this article to a friend. View a printable version of this article. NOT a broker.