What Happens When Science Just Disappears?

Published: April 25, 2018, 4:31 p.m.

b'Kay Dickersin knew she was leaping to the front lines of scholarly publication when she joined The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials. Scientific print-publishing was\\u2014and still is\\u2014slow and cumbersome, and reading its results sometimes required researchers to go to the library. But as associate editor at this electronic peer-reviewed journal\\u2014one of the very first, launched in the summer of 1992\\u2014Dickersin was poised to help bring scientists into the new digital age.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'