On-Line Research-Support Systems

This article provides an overview of trends in electronic communication among research scientists, with particular attention to the Experimental Research in Electronic Submission (EXPRES) initiative at the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF is an independent agency of the federal government authorized to initiate and support basic scientific research and to strengthen the nation's scientific research potential and education in the sciences. EXPRES is a conceptual and technological project attempting to facilitate the exchange of compound scientific documents between research sites possessing different kinds of computer hardware and software. In its most fundamental aspect, EXPRES is about scientific collaboration as well as communication. This dual process is exemplified in the development of basic research proposals by scientists at universities, and the subsequent procedures by which such proposals are submitted, evaluated for scientific merit by the scientists' peers, and ultimately funded or declined. EXPRES holds the promise of not just streamlining but also enhancing the support systems by which today's scientific research is carried out

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• Electronic Mail and Scientific Communication

  Open Access•K M Carley, Kathleen Carley et al.•Knowledge•1991

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