Electronic publishing of scientific journals - the Bioline model

Australasian Biotechnology, Volume 7 Number 4, July/August 1997, pp.241-244 Electronic publishing of scientific journals - the Bioline model Barbara Kirsop & Brian Kirsop, Code Number: AU97033 Size of Files: Text: 14.7K Graphics: No associated graphics files Introduction The distribution of scientific information using the Internet is a well established mechanism for most of the major public domain databases (GenBank, EMBL, Swissprot etc). By contrast, the electronic distribution of peer reviewed scientific papers is relatively new. However, the rising cost of scientific publications and the diminishing resources of many libraries has created a situation which is restricting the distribution of the results of scientific and technological research. Copyright 1997 Australian Biotechnology Association Ltd