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The recent set of articles on psychiatric practice in the new millennium inspired me to share my vision of the scientific journal of the future. It is a virtual journal, existing entirely in cyberspace, in which any set of data, any theoretical musing, and any research grant proposal may be published at the wish of the investigator/theorist. Each investigator has his or her own Web site, and there are also commercial Web sites specializing in particular areas of scientific inquiry, such as the neuropharmacology of the locus ceruleus. Commercial Web sites competitively solicit submissions using their technical capabilities, the quality of their criticisms, and the scope of their marketing as incentives to attract data sets and original ideas. They sell advertising space to stay in business. Individual and commercial Web sites hire professional reviewer groups for statistical and methodological criticism. Groups that specialize in particular types of criticism advertise their . . . [Full Text of this Article]