Research intelligence – Rip it up and start again
He said the current system of communicating the results of scientific research via journal articles is a 17th-century solution to a 17th-century problem. “Printing was adopted because researchers got tired of sending letters to each other,” he told Times Higher Education.
“Publishing was essentially letter aggregation. When there became too many letters, peer review was introduced. You can argue that the biggest innovation since then has been the removal of ‘Dear Sir’ from the beginning of articles.”
Journals are already put
Journals are already put online; what’s the big deal; much to do about nothing.