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Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to discuss the changing nature of abstracts in scholarly journals, with particular reference to Journal of Documentation.

Design/methodology/approach

– Selective literature review.

Findings

– The nature of the editorial is changing towards a more stand-alone and substantive article.

Originality/value

– The first discussion of the nature of the editorial in a scholarly information science journal.

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