Science 2.0
[2][3][5][6] Science 2.0 uses collaborative tools like wikis, blogs and video journals to share findings, raw data and "nascent theories" online.
[3] A general view is that Science 2.0 is gaining traction[3] with websites beginning to proliferate,[7] yet at the same time there is considerable resistance within the scientific community about aspects of the transition as well as discussion about what, exactly, the term means.
[8] Sometimes it denotes open access which, according to one view, means that the author continues to hold the copyright but that others can read it and use it for reasonable purposes, provided that the attribution is maintained.
[8] People who can access these articles are generally affiliated with a university[8] or secondary school or library or other educational institution, or who pay on a per-article or subscription basis.
Traditional scientific journals are part of this social evolution too, innovating ways to engage scientists online and enable global collaboration and conversation.
The Academy now permits free public access to selected online content and has digitized every volume dating back to 1823.One view is that Science 2.0 should include an effort by scientists to offer papers in non-technical language, as a way of reaching out to non-scientists.
One aim is to "make scientific collaboration as easy as sharing videos of trips home from the dentist," according to one view.
[7] In journalism, Internet technologies such as blogging, tagging and social networking have caused many existing media sources such as newspapers to "adopt whole new ways of thinking and operating," according to a report in Scientific American in 2008.
[3] Publications such as Science and Nature have large editorial staffs to manage the peer-review process as well as have hired fact-checkers and screeners to look over submissions.
Some help readers network online; others enable commenters to post links to websites; others make papers accessible after a certain period of time has elapsed.
[8] But it remains a "hotly debated question", according to one view, whether the business of scientific research can move away from the model of "peer-vetted, high-quality content without requiring payment for access.
What’s missing is the vision and infrastructure to bring together all of the various changes and new players across this Science 2.0 landscape so that it’s simple, scalable, and sustainable—so that it makes research better.There are numerous examples of more websites offering opportunities for scientific collaboration.
