_EJI: A Registry of Innovative E-Journal Features and Functionalities_
I am pleased to announce the establishment of a new registry entitled _EJI_
[pronounced E.J.I. _or_ 'edgy"}. _EJI_ is a registry of "Innovative E-Journal Features and Functionalities" available at
[ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm ]
Presently the following categories have been established for EJI:
* Accelerated Publication
* Citation Management
* Collective E-Journals
* Indexing
* Issue-In-Progress
* Manuscript Submission and Tracking Systems
* Open Peer Review
* Overlay E-Journals
* Personalized E-Journals
* Reactive E-Journals
* Virtual E-Journals
* Virtual Filing Cabinets
I have chosen not to define each category at this time and hope that
MyWebColleague will understand the nature of each category by visiting the linked entries.
I am greatly interested in learning about *other* e-journals that have these features and functionalities.
I am also interested in learning about other 'innovative' or 'cutting-edge' e-journal features and functionalities as well as the e-journals that exhibit these.
I have identified several additional features and functionalities and hope that MYWebColleagues are aware of such progressive e-journals. These are:
* Annotative E-Journals
E-Journals that permit a reader to annotate the text of
an e-article with personal comments [This category would also
e-journals that allow a reader to highlight within an e-article or to
make verbal annotations that would be appended to the
text. It could also include e-journals that include an audio
annotation by the author(s) to supplement an e-article's text]
* Collaborative E-Journals
E-Journal that include a features that allows a reader
to retrieve the articles that were read by other readers
who also read the article currently being read by
a reader [The Amazon feature " Those who bought Book A
also bought Book B, C and D]
* Raw and Supplemental Data / Computer Code
This would include e-journals that allow an author
to include direct / access to raw or supplemental
data that is analyzed in the e-article; or software
code for analyzing the data
* Interactive Formulae, Graphs and/or Models
This would include e-journals that allow readers to
interactive with formulas with the text of an article
to consider other possibilities with other data
or datasets
* Relatedness
This a function found in Science Citation Index CD-ROM
that allows for the identification of 'related' papers based upon
the degree of shared references. This made be identified as
a 'related' function in the e-journal or a 'find similar' function.
* Database Access
This would include e-journals that provide either
explicit or implicit access to database records either as
a separate database (e.g., Medline) or as a link to database
records (e.g., Science Direct)
* Advanced Display
This would include e-journals that provide the ability to display
the results of a search in an alternative format, for example. using
visualization technologies such as SPIRE and other visualization
technologies developed at the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory [ http://multimedia.pnl.gov:2080/infoviz/index.html ],
or those developed out of Xerox PARC [http://www.inxight.com/ ]
or Kohomen Self-Organzing Semantic Maps (SOMs)
[ e.g., http://websom.hut.fi/websom/ ]
* E-Journal Page Customization
E-Journals that allow a reader to customize an e-journal
based upon personal display or organizational preferences
[QUITE A LIST, Huh? [:-)]
As Always, Any and All Contributions, Suggestions, Candidates, Critiques, Questions, Comments, Recounts, Cosmic Insights. etc. Are Most Welcome!
Regards,
Gerry McKiernan
Edgy Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck_at_iastate.edu
"The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It!"
Alan Kay
Received on Mon Dec 11 2000 - 17:27:30 EST