Cofactor launch presentation
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The document discusses the impact of new forms of peer review on authors and journals, highlighting options such as open, post-publication, and crowdsourced peer review. It emphasizes the need for greater scrutiny and professional editing due to the permanence of published errors. Experts from various institutions discuss the evolving landscape of scientific publishing and its implications.
Cofactor launch presentation
- 1. What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals? cofactorscience.com @cofactorsci #PeerRevFactors Wifi: The Driver 0. Password 1122334455 Launch event
- 2. Speakers Anna Sharman Cofactor Maria Kowlaczuk BioMed Central Alf Eaton PeerJ Giulia De Rossi QMUL Damian Pattinson PLOS ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 2
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- 4. Cofactor • Freelance editors covering all of science • Editing, consultancy and workshops • Expertise in scientific publishing, open access, new developments • Contacts in publishing • Based in UK ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 4
- 5. The new scientific publishing world • Many more options • Less copyediting • Post-publication comments • Open review means original version published • Preprints ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 5
- 6. Changes needed • Can’t publish and forget • Your errors will be out there for all to see • Greater need for checking • Use a professional editor! ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 6
- 7. New kinds of peer review • Open • ‘Megajournal-type' • Post-publication • Journal-independent • Discussion • Crowdsourced ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 7
- 8. Maria Kowlaczuk Deputy Biology Editor BioMed Central @Maria_Kowlaczuk What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals? #PeerRevFactors ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 8
- 9. Alf Eaton Developer PeerJ @invisiblecomma What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals? #PeerRevFactors ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 9
- 10. Giulia De Rossi PhD student William Harvey Research Institute Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals? #PeerRevFactors ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 10
- 11. Damian Pattinson Editorial Director, PLOS ONE Public Library of Science @damianpattinson What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals? #PeerRevFactors ©2014 Cofactor Ltd. 11
- 12. Cofactor launch event cofactorscience.com @cofactorsci #PeerRevFactors Wifi: The Driver. Password 12345566 ©2014 Cofactor Ltd.