How Is Science Being Communicated? IFSE-10 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

How Is Science BeingCommunicated?

IFSE-10Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ellis RubinsteinEditor, SCIENCE August 27, 2000

How is Science being Communicated?

Benefits of Magazines

• Breadth of Coverage

• Efficiency & Speed of Transmission

• Quality

• Time Saving

• Fostering a Community


SCIENCE vs. Nature


List of Journals

Cell Geophysical Review Letters

JACS Journal of Biochemistry

Journal of Clinical Investigation Journal of Immunology

Journal of Molecular Biology Lancet

Molecular and Cellular Biology Neuroscience

New England Journal of Medicine Physical Review Letters

Plant Physiology PNAS


Limitations of Magazines

• Too Broad

• Too Slow

• Too Selective

• Too Time Consuming

• Too Communal


SCIENCE vs. Nature (on-line)

How is Science Being Communicated?

• Dirty

• Information Glut

• Chaotic

• No Market

Objections to the “Revolution”


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How Is Science BeingCommunicated?

IFSE-10Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ellis RubinsteinEditor, SCIENCE August 27, 2000

How Is Science Being Communicated? IFSE-10 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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