Scientific journals have been obsolete since they were invented in the 17th Century. They force people to create fixed units of information (on print or digital paper) that immediately become out of date and which can no longer reflect the current thinking of the author or the author's readers.
The processes by which these "pages" of information (and increasingly, the supporting data) are created, distributed, reviewed, and consumed, however, continue to evolve. That's what keeps this complex system of creativity, peer review, communication, education, quality control, scientific socialization, and information dissemination alive.
Dennis McDonald
Alexandria, Virginia
http://www.ddmcd.com/managing-technology/category/journals