Abstract
The Internet has revolutionized scientific publication in many ways. Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, has argued that the core design principle of the Internet lies in the scope that it offers people to interact with one another. Online communities and social networking sites have become popular platforms for such interaction. Science, which critically hinges on interaction and on rapid dissemination of knowledge, can benefit from what has been loosely termed ‘Web2.0,’ in particular, online communities with user participation. Consequently, the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism has now joined many other scientific journals and organizations on the networking site Facebook. In fact, the Journal is following in the footsteps of our readers, many of whom are already members of Facebook.
Please visit http://www.facebook.com and search for ‘JCBFM.’ If you become a ‘fan’ you will receive notification on upcoming articles, latest breaking information, and links to the most cited, viewed, and emailed articles. In addition, we invite you to start or participate in discussions revolving around all issues of cerebral blood flow and metabolism. In the near future, we hope to go one step further by bringing reader participation directly to the Journal, as we are planning to implement article comment and discussion features. JCBFM fans on Facebook will learn about it first!