PeerJ - Innovative Publishing Models Panel at OpenCon 2014
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The document discusses the evolution of academic publishing, highlighting innovations by PeerJ, which include a new business model, optional open peer review, a built-in reputation system, and a pre-print server integrated with a peer-reviewed journal. It emphasizes the separation of the decision to publish from quality evaluation and presents PeerJ's approach to transparency in the peer review process. Additionally, it mentions various journals practicing open peer review, showcasing a shift towards more accessible and user-friendly publishing practices.
PeerJ - Innovative Publishing Models Panel at OpenCon 2014
- 1. Academic Publishing is Evolving… Innovation @ PeerJ Pete Binfield Co-Founder and Publisher PeerJ @ThePeerJ www.PeerJ.com @p_binfield [email protected]
- 2. Academic Publishing is Evolving…
- 3. Academic Publishing is Evolving… • Winner of the 2013 ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation • Named as one of the top 10 Educational Technology Innovators of 2013 by the Chronicle of Higher Education Creating natural incentives & structures that encourage good / positive behaviour Our ‘Big Picture’ Innovation
- 4. Academic Publishing is Evolving… 1. Editorial criteria which judges articles only on scientific soundness; 2. A very broad subject scope; 3. An open access model employing a payment model in which each article pays its own costs PLOS ONE’s Big Leap They successfully separated the ‘decision to publish’ from the evaluation of ‘quality’ / ‘impact’
- 5. Academic Publishing is Evolving… New Innovators
- 7. Academic Publishing is Evolving… 1. Entirely new business model - Based around individuals 2. ‘Optional’ Open Peer Review 3. Built in reputation system - Stack overflow style 4. A pre-print server – PeerJ PrePrints - Tightly integrated with a peer-reviewed journal 5. User friendly and actually beautiful! 6. Custom built software platform - Submission, peer-review, publication 7. Pushing the envelope, not breaking it… ‘Specific’ Innovations at PeerJ
- 8. Academic Publishing is Evolving… The PeerJ Model – Pay Once, Publish For Life
- 9. Academic Publishing is Evolving… ‘Optional’ Open Peer-Review
- 10. http://blog.peerj.com/post/100580518238/whos-afraid-of-open-peer-review • ~40% of peer-reviewers name themselves • ~80% of authors reproduce their peer review history
- 11. Academic Publishing is Evolving… • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics - Reviewers comments published on pre-pub discussion site. Reviewer names optional. • Biology Direct - Reviewer comments published, and reviewers named • BMJ Open - All reviewers named, all reports public • eLife - Decision letter published with articles with author approval. Reviewers anonymous, but editor named. • EMBO journal - Review process file published with articles. Reviewers anonymous, editor named. • F1000Research - All reviewers named, all reports public. • Frontiers journals - Reviewers named, but reports not public • GigaScience - Pre-publication history published with articles, and reviewers named. (encouraged, opt-out) • Medical journals in the BMC series - Pre-publication history published with articles, and reviewers named (encouraged). • PeerJ - Peer review history published with articles with author approval. Reviewers encouraged to sign report. Journals Practicing Open Peer-Review
- 12. Academic Publishing is Evolving… Contribution ‘Points’
- 13. Academic Publishing is Evolving… PeerJ Q&A
- 14. Academic Publishing is Evolving… Reputation System
- 15. Academic Publishing is Evolving… PeerJ PrePrints
- 16. Academic Publishing is Evolving… Creating natural incentives and structures that encourage good / positive behaviour 1. Entirely new business model - Based around individuals 2. ‘Optional’ Open Peer Review 3. Built in reputation system - Stack overflow style 4. A pre-print server – PeerJ PrePrints - Tightly integrated with a peer-reviewed journal 5. User friendly and actually beautiful! 6. Custom built software platform - Submission, peer-review, publication 7. Pushing the envelope, not breaking it…
- 17. Academic Publishing is Evolving… Informal feedback / Q&A Evaluation / ALMs Formal optional open peer-review Contribution points / profile pages
- 18. everything evolves …even publishing Thank You Pete Binfield Co-Founder & Publisher, PeerJ