Re: Electronic or print: Publishing in 3D

[Emma Hill <ehill@mail.rockefeller.edu>]

Further to this discussion thread, I wanted to bring to your 
attention a recent development at the /Journal of Cell Biology/.

We recently developed the /JCB DataViewer 
(http://jcb-dataviewer.rupress.org/), a browser-based viewer for 
multi-dimensional image data (i.e., it allows visualization of 
data acquired from high-end microscopes, where a cell can be 
imaged in three dimensions over time). This allows our authors to 
present data pertinent to their publication in an unprecedented 
manner that cannot be reproduced in print. Readers of the journal 
can then interact with the data, and gain a much more detailed 
understanding of what is being presented.

For details see the Editorial, 'Announcing the/ JCB DataViewer/, 
a browser-based application for viewing original image files': 
(http://jcb.rupress.org/cgi/content/full/183/6/969)

I hope this is of interest.

Emma Hill PhD
Executive Editor, The Journal of Cell Biology
Rockefeller University Press
ehill@rockefeller.edu
Tel: 212-327-8011