Pragmatic citing and linking in electronic scholarly publishing

Abstract

The transition from traditional, paper‐based publishing to electronic publishing presents many challenges for publishers and their constituents. Among the most significant are those that concern linking to articles that are available online and citing of articles that are now published online prior to (or even in lieu of) the final pagination and binding of paper issues. The solutions to these problems will have a great impact on the usability of the scholarly electronic corpus for the research community. In particular, the solutions must be easy to use, persistent, and scalable. Here we examine some pragmatic solutions (in use now) that satisfy these criteria and contrast them with other proposed solutions. The examples are drawn mainly from the experiences of the American Physical Society, but the lessons gleaned will have wide applicability.

Scholarly communication and bibliometrics

“…Interoperability among the various emerging “standards” for automated citation detection and link creation is one of the primary goals of the Sante Fe Convention (Van de Sompel & Lagoze, 2000), developed by the Open Archives Initiative (http://www.openarchives.org); the citation detection process itself may be made easier through widespread adoption of a standard format specification such as the Scholarly Link Specification Framework (aka SLinkS) (http://www.openly.com/ SLinkS). Doyle (2000) reviews some of the proposed solutions to the link‐standardization problem.…”

Multimorbidity, healthcare utilization, and quality of life for older patients undergoing surgery: A prospective study

“…The ASA system was developed to formally classify and evaluate patients’ general health and comorbidities before operative procedures. [ 24 ] The system uses a 6-point classification scale, [ 19 , 22 ] and ASA classes are typically assigned before procedures to identify individuals at increased risk for complications. The ASA system has been shown to have predictive value in perioperative risk assessment, perioperative mortality and complication rates, and postoperative outcomes.…”

“…Preoperative patient characteristic data, including age, sex, education level, province, and healthcare scheme, surgery site (orthopedic, general, vascular, gynecologic), surgery type (major, intermediate, minor), CCI, FRAIL questionnaire, and ASA classification (the ASA Physical Status Classification System is a 6-point scale commonly used to measure patients’ preoperative global health) [ 19 , 22 ] were recorded onto data record forms.…”

“…[ 21 ] The ASA is a 6-point scale commonly used as a measure of patients’ preoperative global health. [ 19 , 22 ] The ASA system was developed in 1941 [ 23 ] to establish a formal system for classifying and evaluating patients’ general health and comorbidities before operative procedures. [ 24 ] ASA scores are typically assigned before procedures as a means of identifying individuals who may be at increased risk for complications.…”

In defense of the reference: more than linking in evolving Web environments

“…13,14 The interlinking exchange that takes place between scientists as they attempt to replicate studies and add findings to the overall growing body of literature is facilitated by citation practices. Documentation of sources provides the shared platform on which the conversation that is scholarship takes place.…”