This manuscript must either be drastically reduced or fully oxidized — scientific publishing from 1980 - 2030

Scientific publishing has undergone in less than a generation a transformation from an all paper-and-print based to a fully digital/online business. In the future artificial intelligence will bring about further significant changes affecting authors, referees, and readers alike. The lecture will touch on many of the issues and will provide facts and figures as well as food for thought—interspersed with anecdotes from the life of an Editor.