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The article focuses on broken hyperlink references in research papers (reference rot) and methods to combat this problem. It states online archiving services like the Internet Archive and Harvard Law School Library's web-archiving service Perma allow researchers to store permanent copies of webpages as they viewed it when preparing manuscripts. It talks about the web archive project Memento which provides users access to all saved version of the web page and allow access to web-at-large links.

The article discusses some of the useful recommendations services for the researchers which would help them in locating the recent research papers and articles. Topics include options such as Google Scholar, Twitter, and Sparrho and experiences of academic researchers such as Casey Bergman, Ross Mounce, and Cassie Ettinger. Also discussed is search with keywords and filters for the scientists along with features of search engines such as PubChase and Scizzle.

The article focuses on the initiatives implemented by the Nature Publishing Group to the journal "Nature" to enhance the accessibility of the research papers it has published. Machine access is being enhanced by the open text-mining. Papers reporting full genome sequences are freely accessible on the group's Web sites from the moment of publication. The group also introduces a creative commons licence for the reuse of such genome papers that allows non-commercial publishers to reuse the pdf and html versions of the paper.

Reports on the impact that the Internet is having on the publishing of scholarly journals, the influence of scientists, and the authority of learned societies. Decision of Denmark's Technical Knowledge Center and Library in Lyngby to provide scientific journals only through the World Wide Web; Other countries that are moving in the same direction, including the United States; Cost of the printed page compared to the electronic page; Difficulty presented to libraries; Recourse taken by libraries. INSETS: User consortia emerge as `brokers.';Preserving papers for posterity;Roll over Gutenberg.

The article focuses on the disclosure of author contribution to the scientific paper. It mentions that databases of scientific authors such as BioMedExperts.com, Research-Gate.net, and ResearcherID.com allow authors to interact and publish detailed accounts of each person's contribution. Moreover, the transparency and distributed nature of web-based information networks would improve the culture and morale of science.

The article focuses on the utilization of the researchers on the abbreviated messages in Twitter Inc. to discuss papers in journal clubs and to share data in real time. Information scientist Cornelius Puschmann says that using Twitter to connect in technical discussions with remote colleagues is a novel thing. Moreover, another use of Twitter was pioneered by astronomer Mike Brown on June 11, 2011 when he live-tweeted the plots of observations he made on the transit of the dwarf planet Haumea.

The article reviews two Web sites tinyurl.com from Nature Network and www.connotea.org from Connotea.

The article discusses an announcement by "Nature" regarding a freely accessible, online resource that biologists and others can use to explain evolution by natural selection. Readers can visit the Web site www.nature.com/evolutiongems to view a document which summarizes several lines of evidence for natural selection from papers previously published in "Nature."

The article discusses the analization made by the editors of the "Nature Neuroscience" journal regarding the number of downloads a paper receives immediately after its appearance online. It mentions that the editors find a high correlation with downloads citation frequency years after publication. Associate editor Noah Gray gives the details at the blog of the journal, Action Potential. He notes that the number of downloads are used to rate the prominence of a particular journal. Moreover, the editors wanted to quantify readership of an article that would reflect its levels of outside interest.

The article reviews several Web sites including www.genenames.org from HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, http://daphnia.cgb.indiana from Dapnia Genomics Consortium and http://iggi.sanbi.ac.za from Glossina Genomics Initiatives.

Features the electronic journal 'EMBO Reports,' edited by Frank Gannon. Substance of the meeting reports; Articles on human genome and reproductive issues; Inclusion of human-interest issues.

Features the electronic journal 'Organic Letters,' edited by Amos B. Smith III. Aim in the creation of the journal; Presentation of reports on chemistry research; Provision of online system viewing.

Features the electronic journal 'High Altitude Medicine and Biology,' edited by John B. West. Scope of the journal; Average length of each articles; Selection as the official journal of the International Society of Mountain Medicine.

The article reviews three web sites on research networking and outreach, including www.nature.com/climate, www.nature.com/stemcells, and http://precedings.nature.com.

Features the electronic journal 'Conservation Genetics,' edited by A.R. Hoelzel. Promotion of the application of molecular genetic methodologies; Answer to queries on the conservation of biological diversity; Emphasis on the genetic structure and/or phylogeography of populations.

Reports on the possibility of primary scientific literature being available via the Internet. Editorial board at the BioMed Center which will provide free access to peer-reviewed research; Establishment of a new publishing house, owned by the Current Science Group, that will review papers related to the biomedical sciences; Availability on the Internet site, biomedcentral.com, of accepted papers.

The article offers world news briefs related to scientific research. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energy particle accelerator has ended its operation on October 30, 2011 at the European Organization for Nuclear Research's physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. The Royal Society in Great Britain has offered an online archive for Benjamin Franklin's and Isaac Newton's inventions and experiments. X Prize Foundation has been offering research grants to researchers for sequencing genomes.

Features the electronic journal 'GenomeBiology.com,' edited by Theodora Bloom. Aim of guiding genomic resources; Coverage of the journals; Use of a direct, Web-based upload submission system.

The article reviews the website for research papers of biology located at bioRΧiv.org from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in New York.

The article reviews the web site of Peer-to-Peer, at http://tinyurl.com/2q8myv.

The article reports on the launching of the Journal Club blog of "Nature" magazine. The blog invites readers to examine the subjects raised in the magazine's Journal Club column. Readers can browse all published materials in the column by selecting one of 18 subject categories listed on the blog's main page.

Features the electronic journal 'Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis,' edited by Joe P. Richmond. Importance of catalysis and synthesis on the investigation of modern organic chemistry; Implications on medical and pharmaceutical researches; Focus on use of economical, safe and environmentally benign and resource- and energy saving chemical reactions.

Focuses on the significance of the Internet for communication and instant availability of information for researchers and society. Proofs on the evolution of information-rich to knowledge-rich society; Demand of researchers for free public viewing of scholarly articles; Concerns of publishers over the care and access of metadata in distributed publishing systems.

The article focuses on an approach being considered by scientists as alternative to blood transfusions. Topics covered include results of a study conducted for Stanford Hospital and Clinics which evaluated the impact of the hospital's computerized ordering system to request blood, some factors that sparked interest in cutting back blood transfusions and several reasons why blood transfusions do not always have their intended benefits.

Reports the establishment of a publishing house, BioMed Central, to provide peer review for life science papers submitted to PubMed Central. Efforts of the Current Science Group to organize the venture; When the United States National Institutes of Health is due to launch the publishing house; How the related Web site will operate.

Focuses on scientific journal publishers' efforts to ensure that any paper cited in the electronic versions of the journals covered will be directly accessible via the World Wide Web. Agreement among industry executives attending a meeting of the International Association of Science, Technology and Medical Publishers; Association's commitment to serving its primary constituencies.

The article presents information on the website "Crap Wildlife 'Jobs'" by conservation Biologist Alex Bond, which highlights unpaid internships in ecology and biology which Bond considers to be exploitative, located at http://crapwildlifevolunteerjobs.tumblr.com.

A letter to the editor is presented regarding the limitations of the personalized citation reports of Google Scholar.

The article reviews the web site located at http:// tinyurl.com/mg8q83 from the American Chemical Society.

The article discusses an Internet website that provides digitized voice recordings of historical lectures presented at the annual Nobel Laureate Meetings in Lindau, Germany. It notes the history of the meetings and that Count Lennart Bernadotte initiated them after World War II to encourage German doctors and scientists. A limited number of international students have been invited to attend the meetings since 2005.

The article reviews the web site http://www.periodicvideos.com.

The article reports on Internet interaction etiquette as viewed by associate editor Noah Gray on the Nature Neuroscience blog. Gray noted that anonymity in the Internet provides protection to both opinions and those who make offensive comments. He also stated that illiberal online communities who are unwilling to engage in deals or talks may slow down the progress of online scientific collaboration. In addition, Gray suggested that professionalism is key to the improvement of collaborative technologies.

The article reviews several web sites regarding scientific conferences and events which include the American Physical Society conference (http:tinyurl.com/37jjuy), and the lunar and planetary science conference held in Houston (http://tinyurl.com/3axrrc)

The article reviews the Web site Ask the Nature Editor from the editors of "Nature."

The article reviews the web site Wikiversity from the Wikimedia Foundation.

The article reviews the web site blog of several authors of the Nature Publishing Group.

Announces the development of a web portal for physicists by 'Nature' magazine. Recent discoveries made in physics; Mention of the discovery of magnesium diboride as a superconductor; Features of the web portal.

Discusses the opportunities and challenges of 'a computational Grid,' a supercomputing network which transforms many scientific disciplines. Reason for the low level of Internet use for widespread scientific collaboration; Support of the Grid by the National Computational Science Alliance in the United States and the European Union; Ability of scientists to share supercomputing resources over the Internet by using the Grid.