Scientific societies were founded to foster communication among their members. As we move into the era of enhanced electronic communication, the research community is seeking to make the exchange of information among scientists faster and better, at reasonable cost. The Internet offers a wide variety of possibilities for accomplishing this goal.

Topics
Internet, Scholarly publishing, Journal
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