STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a variety of new Article of the Future prototypes. The new discipline-specific, three-pane article design sets a new standard for both the presentation and the content of the scientific article.
The prototypes, available in seven disciplines, are based on feedback from researchers with whom Elsevier cooperated throughout the development of the Article of the Future format. The improved format will begin to be applied to SciVerse ScienceDirect towards the end of 2011.
An earlier version of the Article of the Future format was introduced for Cell Press journals in 2009. The format was highly appreciated by the users, leading to the 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological & Life Sciences. In order to further improve the format beyond Biological and Life Sciences, Elsevier partnered with 150 researchers in a variety of disciplines to get insight into their information needs and preferences.
Based on their feedback, three guiding principles for the new design emerged: readability, discoverability and extensibility - a layout that accommodates discipline-specific content and features as well as future changes and additions, while considerably improving online readability.
The improved Article of the Future format is one of several enhancements Elsevier is introducing to SciVerse ScienceDirect. APIs have been released to allow for applications to be built using ScienceDirect content among other products within the SciVerse suite, and considerable developments have been made to search and discovery functionalities across article content. All of these enhancements are made to enhance the research workflow, with the Article of the Future project specifically focusing on improving the content and presentation of the individual article.
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