Until late in the 20^th century, the terms research and publications were synonymous. Like their university colleagues, our scientists were evaluated on the quality and number of their publications. Supporting their efforts were staffs dedicated to technical editing, styling manuscripts and submitting them to journals, and publishing the manuscripts that the scientific journals did not want, either because they were too lengthy or because they had limited scientific value.

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