title: [Impact of the Internet on communication flow of scientific health information].
abstract: Communication flow of scientific information has been restructured with the development of new technologies and the Internet and their impact on social relations worldwide. The production of scientific knowledge has also been influenced by these cultural, social and economic changes and has contributed to new patterns of scientific communication. The objective of the study was to present the traditional scientific communication model and its evolution to electronic scientific communication stimulated by the use of electronic media and Internet and networking. While the traditional model is based on printed publications, the new one focuses on electronic publishing and open unlimited access to published literature. The challenges faced are in using all the potential of electronic media for improving traditional communication flow of scientific information and defining policies to support the new model of scientific communication to ensure quality, preservation and dissemination of information as a common good.
authors.affiliation: Coordenação de Comunicação Científica em Saúde, Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde, OPAS, OMS, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. castrore@bireme.ops-oms.org
authors.forename: Regina C Figueiredo
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007255:Information Services; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D007999:Library Services; D008490:Medical Informatics; D009862:Online Systems / Q000639:trends*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing