The medical cycle of discovery from researcher to editor to reviewer to publisher to researcher and back again — often re-engaging the same players in different roles — is a model for vetting and sharing medical information that inspired longtime Journal Editor Duncan Gordon1 (Figure 1).
Little did anyone know at that time — not Duncan Gordon, the associate editors, reviewers, and authors — to what extent the discovery process would speed up and multiply itself, in particular with the emergence of electronic resource networks on the Internet.
Today, electronic resources are apparent …
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