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Defining the next generation journal: The NLM-Elsevier interactive publications experiment.

Elliot R Siegel¹, Donald A B Lindberg, Glen P Campbell

¹National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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Summary

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Interactive enhancements in medical journals improved knowledge acquisition, particularly for content accessed through interactive features. Female students and second-year students showed greater learning gains from these enhancements.

Keywords:

Electronic publishing computer graphics information theory learning medical students multimedia

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Scientific Publishing
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Conventional print journal articles lack interactive features for enhanced learning.
Medical students provided input on desired interactive enhancements for journal articles.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify and evaluate interactive enhancements for print journal articles.
To assess the impact of these enhancements on readers' knowledge acquisition and satisfaction.

Main Methods:

51 medical students were randomly assigned to read either the original or an enhanced interactive version of a journal article.
Knowledge gain was measured using pre- and post-tests; article acceptance was assessed via Likert-scale questions.
Statistical analysis included Student t-tests and ANOVA/ANCOVA.

Main Results:

No overall difference in knowledge acquisition, but significant gains on content accessed via interactive features.
Second-year students and female students demonstrated greater learning gains from interactive enhancements.
The experimental group reported higher acceptance and more favorable ratings of the enhanced article format.

Conclusions:

Human factors like gender and learning style significantly influence the effectiveness of interactive scientific publications.
Further research should focus on interactivity, rigorously analyze time as a variable, and expand outcome measures.
Interactive elements, beyond mere presentational enhancements, warrant deeper investigation in scientific publishing.