Warker, Jill A.; Ye Xu; Gary S. Dell; and Cynthia Fisher. «Speech errors reflect the phonotactic constraints in recently spoken syllables, but not in recently heard syllables». Cognition 112.1 (2009). 81-96. Article of the Future version <http://articleofthefuture.com/S0010027709000730/> 24 January 2014.

This reports on four experiments in learning to speak foreign syllables, testing for whether hearing and speaking influences each other. In terms of new features, this article is the least developed in the Article of the Future collection, and I expect it is one of the earliest prototypes.

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Langus, Alan and Marina Nespor. «Cognitive systems struggling for word order.» Cognitive Psychology 60.4 (2010). 291-318. Article of the future version. <http://articleofthefuture.com/S0010028510000058/> 23 January 2014

This paper reports on four experiments with Italian and Turkish speakers, trying to establish where in a sentence it is natural to put the verb. It opens with a very clear Research highlights section, but it also includes a composite image that is nothing but decoration. Three-quarters of the image is a montage of people talking, the last quarter is a intelligible reproduction of five charts. Les videre →

Wibowo, Rahmat; Leigh Aldous; Sarah E. Ward Jones and Richard G. Compton. «The electrode potentials of the Group I alkali metals in the ionic liquid N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide». Chemical Physics Letters 492.4-6 (2010). 276-80. Article of the Future version. <http://articleofthefuture.com/S0009261410006160/>

The authors of this article have measured the electrode potentions of five of the Group I alkali metals in a certain solution, and compared the results to a simulation equation.

All the features in this «future» version have been discussed before:

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Liu, Ying, et.al. «Improvement of the anodic bioelectrocatalytic activity of mixed culture biofilms by a simple consecutive electrochemical selection procedure.» Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24.1 (2008). 1006-11. Article of the Future version. <www.articleofthefuture.com/S0956566308004417/>

Ying et.al. have developed a novel method for growing electrically active biofilms from wastewater, biofilms which can be used in fuel cells.

The introduction sums up quite a few earlier works, and paints a thorough picture of the state of current research. It then ends in a paragraph that promises great results, sounding almost like a salesman’s praise for his products:

[…]We show that the selection and biofilm acclimatization procedure can be simplified by using a consecutive, purely electrochemical selection process, by which, starting from a primary, wastewater based mixed culture biofilm, an efficient electroactive biofilm with superior performance can be established within a considerably reduced period of time and with low experimental efforts. […]

The methodology section is very detailed, with supplier and trading name for every chemical and piece of machinery used in the complex experiments.

Elsevier’s Article of the Future designers have put their effort into creating six interactive statistical charts for this article. In the first, rolling over a data point will yield the value on the x and y-axes. Hardly a revolutionary innovation, as the numbers could be printed on the chart. In some other charts, the user can choose the scale on the axes, and yet others change the colours of series (called «showing just one series») in the chart.

Information on chemical compounds mentioned in the article can be looked up in the right sidebar by hyperlinks, as can two photos of the experimental setup.

Equations are numbered in the article, but not linked to the sidebar in the way they were in the math articles.

As this article frequently references figures printed early in the article, it is very convenient for the reader to be able to call them up in the right sidebar.

Djogbénou, Luc, et.al. «Malaria vectors in the Republic of Benin: Distribution of species and molecular forms of the Anopheles gambiae complex. Acta Tropica 114.2 (2010). 116-122. Article of the Future version. <http://www.articleofthefuture.com/S0001706X1000029X/>. 21  January 2014.

Research highlights in the form of six bullet points and a graph.

Djogbénou and his colleagues have sampled more than 2000 malaria moskitos from 30 sites in Benin, and used microscopic and molecular techniques to determine their species and DNA variation. While the article is rather short (7 pages in print), the research task is large. The main results are given in the form of a table. This follows the IMRaD structure with a relatively long Discussion section.

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Mulvenna, Jason, et.al. «Exposed proteins of the Schistosoma japonicum tegument.» International Journal for Parasitology 40.5 (2010). Article of the future version. <http://www.articleofthefuture.com/S0020751909003920/> 20 January, 2014.

Mulvenna and his colleagues have investigated the proteins in the skin of a tiny worm that can live inside the human body and causes illness and death in thousands of people every year. This is experimental science, and the article follows the IMRAD structure.

As with many Articles of the Future, there is a research highlights section before the abstract, and the layout and features are largely the same as in the other expermiental articles. Two features stand out in this article: Experiment flowcharts and links to a protein database. Les videre →