Electronic networks enable scholarly publishing to imitate the intellectual process more closely … “The unit of transaction will become the idea, not a collection of articles.”
Predictor: Rodgers, David L.
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for U.S. News & World Report, William F. Allman quotes David Rogers of the American Mathematical Society:”Internet and similar electronic connections offer a middle ground for scholars because a researcher can post the beginnings of a theory, receive comments on it from peers, incorporate new ideas and alter the details over and over until it is right. Electronic networks enable scholarly publishing to imitate the intellectual process more closely, says David L. Rodgers of the American Mathematical Society. ‘The unit of transaction will become the idea, not a collection of articles.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Medical/Professional
Name of publication: U.S. News & World Report
Title, headline, chapter name: Pioneering the Electronic Frontier: For Many People, the Information Revolution is Already Here
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/36/20/36029163w6/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A14603510&dyn=10!xrn_1_0_A14603510?sw_aep=ncliveec
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Garrison, Betty