Published in Henry Rzepa's Blog

I recently received two emails each with a subject line new approaches to research reporting . The traditional 350 year-old model of the (scientific) journal is undergoing upheavals at the moment with the introduction of APCs (article processing charges), a refereeing crisis and much more. Some argue that brand new thinking is now required.

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Single Figure Publications: Towards a novel alternative format for scholarly communication

Published in F1000Research
Authors Long Do, William Mobley

The single figure publication is a novel, efficient format by which to communicate scholarly advances. It will serve as a forerunner of the nano-publication, a modular unit of information critical for machine-driven data aggregation and knowledge integration.