The readership of Science journal itself is literate and could use search engines. But they do the obvious task of linking to relevant references. If the Econo

The readership of Science journal itself is literate and could use search engines. But they do the obvious task of linking to relevant references. If the Economist is in the business of distributing information, linking to a journal should sort of be one of the things they do. Even Buzzfeed and such outlets now do the common courtesy of linking to papers that they are talking about.