CUTTING EDGE
The Future of Medical Publishing A Site Map of the Debate
(Posted January 22, 1999 · Issue 46)

Debate Documents

Editor's Note

The editors at Elsevier's electronic publications are part of a revolution, and could hardly be oblivious to the issues surrounding new ways to conduct and distribute scientific discourse on the Internet. In a recent debate, Elsevier's Science Channel sought the opinions of prominent medical journal editors about the new potential and new problems that electronic publishing can bring to the peer review process. We reprint it here, to accompany our own point-counterpoint Opinion on the related issue of authors' rights.

This debate was organized by, and was originally published on, the Science Channel, which brings daily news, reviews, and debates in science, research, and technology. Another free service from Elsevier Science. Compilation © 1998 Elsevier Science BV. Reprinted with permission.

Andrzej Krauze is an illustrator, poster maker, cartoonist, and painter who illustrates regularly for HMS Beagle, The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph, Bookseller, and New Statesman.

Gene Therapy: moderated by Inder Verma (Posted October 16, 1998 · Issue 40)
Cannibalism: reprinted from the Science Channel (Posted August 7, 1998 · Issue 36)
Science Funding: moderated by Donna Crane (Posted June 26, 1998 · Issue 33)
Medical Use of Marijuana: moderated by Rik Musty (Posted May 15, 1998 · Issue 30)
Career Changes in Science: moderated by Amy Fluet (Posted March 23, 1998 · Issue 27)
Model Systems: moderated by Jessica Bolker (Posted January 30, 1998 · Issue 24)
Neurodegenerative Diseases: moderated by Donald Price (Posted December 5, 1997 · Issue 21)
Shedding Light on Melatonin: moderated by Larry Morin (Posted October 17, 1997 · Issue 18)
The Origin of Life: moderated by Michael Meyer (Posted September 5, 1997 · Issue 15)
Optimum Mutation Rates in Evolution and Disease: moderated by Bryn Bridges (Posted July 25, 1997 · Issue 13)
Models of Immunologic Tolerance: moderated by Kenneth F. Schaffner (Posted June 27, 1997 · Issue 11)
Science and Ethics of Mammalian Cloning: moderated by Jon Gordon (Posted May 16, 1997 · Issue 8)
Making Sense of Antisense: moderated by C.A. Stein (Posted April 23, 1997 · Issue 6)
Academic Tenure: Is It Necessary?: moderated by William Tucker (Posted March 5, 1997 · Issue 4)
Do Orphan Receptors Have Ligands?: moderated by Mitch Lazar (Posted February 20, 1997 · Issue 2)
The Origin and Evolution of Introns: moderated by Russ Doolittle (Posted February 1, 1997 · Issue 1)