June 2008/ Wave II: As the landscape in which science dissemination takes place continues to evolve, our survey indicates that providers of this information must look at new business models and practices in order to survive. Adopting better social media practices, we feel, is key to this adaptation.
Scientific discovery always has been built on collaboration and access to past research, which makes journals essential to the advancement of both basic and applied research. The rise in price of traditional journals coupled with the rise of “open access” journals and the adoption of Web 2.0 practices by scientists has accelerated the birth of new Web 2.0 publishing models online. These models and their implications are the subject of our second research survey.
