Citing the web

I heard from someone at CrossRef yesterday that they're seeing more and more references to web-only sources in the scientific literature.

Though this didn't surprise me, I don't really recall seeing too many citations of blogs, wikis, or other web sources.

Have you been including more electronic documents in your paper's citations?

If so, what are they?

Bob Grant, Associate Editor - The Scientist

I've done it in my grant applications but never in articles. Useful websites in this respect are the FDA or the World Health Organization to mention disease statistics, drug approval and so on. I wouldn't know if it would be acceptable to cite this "official" websites in a paper.

I have cited web sites that we used to perform certain calculations. An example is the DAVID site to determine gene ontologies or the PAINT site to identify potential over-represented transcriptional regulatory elements in a set of genes. I think it's important to cite the version used.

I routinely cite my JoVE paper:
http://www.jove.com/index/details.stp?ID=731

Where Has Science Been During The Last Century?

Is Science Relevant To Any Aspect Of Our Personal-Societal Life?
Why Did The 20th Century Technology Culture-Economy Collapse?
Why Is Western Humanity Clinging To The Collapsed Technology Culture?

A. From

"There is no Science except for the Establishment's alone, and Peer Approved is the Establishment's only apostle?"
http://www.the-scientist.com/community/posts/list/160/122.page#2485

The Science Guild Establishment, since its Mount Sinai Revelation as AAAS, has been prostituting all aspects of science, including the meanings of the terms science, scientists and research. It monopolizes all terminology and publications of information, blocking insights and evolution of science. It turned the organization and activities of science into a ludicrous caricature of a corrupt trade union. This is the origin and explanation of the circa 100 years old black hole in basic science and of the zero effect of science on societal evolution during the still ongoing 20th century technology culture.

B. Have you seen ANY attempt by The Science Establishment to assess the implications of ITS nature on the irrelevancy of science to our life and to the collapsed Technology-Culture-Economy?

The Science Establishment continues to fight for its TradeUnion share of public funds with various alliances and political means, steadfastly cooperating with its masters-allies, the big industries.

C. It is not just the yes-or-not peer-approved literature. It is the challenge of assessing the nature of the Science Establishment and considering if-how-whereto change its nature, organization and its charter.

Suggesting,

Dov Henis