Henry Rzepa, Talks And Presentations

The concept of a modern scientific journal becomes 346 years old in 2011 (DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0001), although only since 1994 has the journal article been embedded in the Internet and Web era (DOI: 10.1039/C39940001907). Although the structure of the article itself morphed little during the first part of the Internet age, there are now signs that many aspects of its creation and dissemination are starting to evolve more rapidly. Here, several potential future enhancements are reviewed, including the role of the scientific blog in augmenting the effectiveness of the peer-review processes, the role of data-integrity within the article, integration of Web-enhanced and other data-rich and functional objects, the role of open digital repositories, article semantification, and delivery and re-functionalisation of the re-invented article via new generations of mobile personal devices.