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Closing the PDF gap: ReadCube ’s experiments in reader‐focused design
Author(s) -
Hodgson Alex,
Schlager Lucas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap.1084
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , audience measurement , computer science , path (computing) , key (lock) , feature (linguistics) , process (computing) , world wide web , data science , advertising , political science , business , computer security , law , linguistics , philosophy , programming language , operating system
Key points Twenty years ago, a fraction of articles were paired with supplements; now, one in five research stories go beyond PDF. Why has the evolution of research content's delivery vehicles lagged behind the evolution of the research story? Hyperlinked in‐line references are the most used feature of the Enhanced PDF – exposing faster, easier ways to follow the path of research. Discovery need not start and end with the search engine – it can start within the PDF itself. Discovery is not a solitary process; therefore, content platforms must support collaboration to drive readership.