User-generated science
Sep 18th 2008
From The Economist print edition
Web 2.0 tools are beginning to change the shape of scientific debate
Illustration by Peter Schrank
IN PRE-INTERNET times, peer-reviewed journals were the best way to disseminate research to a broad audience. Even today, editors and reviewers cherry-pick papers deemed the most revelatory and dispatch them to interested subscribers worldwide. The process is cumbersome and expensive, but it has allowed experts to keep track of the most prominent developments in their respective fields./.../
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