I don't know. I think the act of forming a paper up from scratch is an essential element in the process of research. It really isn't a waste of time and space in the sense that proper research will require these definitions and preliminary results be carefully reviewed by the author anyways. Why not have them type it out for us? Or for their own sake even.
A wiki style database of information could be an exciting resource for kicking off new ideas. When scientists conduct research within this database though, findings and methodology must be to a high enough standard. Marks of high quality research include well defined terms and contextualized prior results.
If you want to get straight to the new information, read the abstract up top, skim the middle and read the results and discussion.
A wiki style database of information could be an exciting resource for kicking off new ideas. When scientists conduct research within this database though, findings and methodology must be to a high enough standard. Marks of high quality research include well defined terms and contextualized prior results.
If you want to get straight to the new information, read the abstract up top, skim the middle and read the results and discussion.