The introduction of ‘E-only’ papers in Dental Materials
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dental materials 25 (2009) 1 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/dema Editorial The introduction of ‘E-only’ papers in Dental Materials Few readers will be unaware of the tremendous changes cur- rently taking place in the world of scientific publishing. The majority of these have been caused by the growth of the inter- net and the advancing capabilities of the World-Wide Web. The times when we spent extensive periods in the library searching through card-catalogues and hunting for journal issues in towering library stacks seems many generations ago! Although we complain of ‘information overload’, this was really far worse in the days when we queued for the photo- copier and staggered home with piles of paper. At present, however, we do value our printed journals, even as we hunt for diminishing shelf space on which to house them. Nevertheless, while ‘instantly bootable’ books and transient newspapers will long remain in our societies, the day of widespread printed journals is probably drawing to a close over the next decade. At the same time, there is the growth of e-only open-access journals. The big question they pose is whether they are backed by organizations of signifi- cant critical-mass and demonstrable long-term commitment to scholarship to maintain these resources in cyberspace for generations. At the present time, our Academy is fortunate to have a strong partnership with Elsevier, which is nowadays self- styled as a “knowledge community”, not simply a publisher. With 2,000 journals, Elsevier has the critical mass to sustain secure severs in multiple locations on which to house 25% of the world output of research findings. Their data-mining tools now coming on-stream make exploration of this wealth a delight and privilege. To partly address the increasing rate of submissions to this journal, the ADM Board and Editorial Board have agreed with Elsevier to add additional “e-only pages”. This is to publish ADM Conference abstracts and also selected full manuscripts. The status of such papers is entirely equivalent to those also in the print journal, where author and title details will also be listed. Since the vast majority of papers are accessed by readers via PDF downloads from the online journal, there is little practical difference between e-only and print versions of papers. In 2007 there were over 360,000 downloads from our journal. This number is likely to increase! Examples of papers more suitable for ‘e-only’ are: • Long reviews with extensive reference lists. • FEA papers with extensive color figures. • Papers with large data sets, many figures or other exten- sive illustrative material (circuit diagrams, flow charts, large-scale detailed graphs, many chemical structures of reactions). • Any that require large supporting appendices of any kind (mathematics, detailed statistics, such as: Analysis of Vari- ance tables, complex regression analyses). • Live demonstration or interactive material (Mathematica Player, video, rotatable molecular models, graphs and the like – ‘fly-through’ models – the scope is now huge). The details will be implemented in the next few months. We trust that all with an interest in the journal will see this as a forward step and a constructive option. David Watts 0109-5641/$ – see front matter © 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Academy of Dental Materials. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.dental.2008.11.009
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he introduction of ‘E-only’ papers in Dental Materials
ew readers will be unaware of the tremendous changes cur-ently taking place in the world of scientific publishing. The
ajority of these have been caused by the growth of the inter-et and the advancing capabilities of the World-Wide Web.he times when we spent extensive periods in the libraryearching through card-catalogues and hunting for journalssues in towering library stacks seems many generations ago!lthough we complain of ‘information overload’, this was
eally far worse in the days when we queued for the photo-opier and staggered home with piles of paper.
At present, however, we do value our printed journals,ven as we hunt for diminishing shelf space on which toouse them. Nevertheless, while ‘instantly bootable’ booksnd transient newspapers will long remain in our societies,he day of widespread printed journals is probably drawing toclose over the next decade. At the same time, there is the
rowth of e-only open-access journals. The big question theyose is whether they are backed by organizations of signifi-ant critical-mass and demonstrable long-term commitmento scholarship to maintain these resources in cyberspace forenerations.
At the present time, our Academy is fortunate to havestrong partnership with Elsevier, which is nowadays self-
tyled as a “knowledge community”, not simply a publisher.ith 2,000 journals, Elsevier has the critical mass to sustain
ecure severs in multiple locations on which to house 25%f the world output of research findings. Their data-miningools now coming on-stream make exploration of this wealth
delight and privilege.To partly address the increasing rate of submissions to thisournal, the ADM Board and Editorial Board have agreed withlsevier to add additional “e-only pages”. This is to publish
ADM Conference abstracts and also selected full manuscripts.The status of such papers is entirely equivalent to those alsoin the print journal, where author and title details will alsobe listed. Since the vast majority of papers are accessed byreaders via PDF downloads from the online journal, there islittle practical difference between e-only and print versions ofpapers. In 2007 there were over 360,000 downloads from ourjournal. This number is likely to increase!
Examples of papers more suitable for ‘e-only’ are:
• Long reviews with extensive reference lists.• FEA papers with extensive color figures.• Papers with large data sets, many figures or other exten-
sive illustrative material (circuit diagrams, flow charts,large-scale detailed graphs, many chemical structures ofreactions).
• Any that require large supporting appendices of any kind(mathematics, detailed statistics, such as: Analysis of Vari-ance tables, complex regression analyses).
• Live demonstration or interactive material (MathematicaPlayer, video, rotatable molecular models, graphs and thelike – ‘fly-through’ models – the scope is now huge).
The details will be implemented in the next few months.We trust that all with an interest in the journal will see this asa forward step and a constructive option.
David Watts
0109-5641/$ – see front matter© 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Academy of
Dental Materials. All rights reserved.doi:10.1016/j.dental.2008.11.009
