e life - innovative publishing models panel at opencon 2014
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These slides are from eLife at OpenCon 2014TRANSCRIPT
OpenCon, November, 2014
More than a
journal
Mark Patterson, Executive Director, eLife
Funders taking action
Motivations
Painful publishing
Martin Raff, Alexander Johnsonand Peter Walter
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• a journal-based metric• proprietary• incomplete
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• a journal-based metric• proprietary• incomplete
%PubMed available as open access in
PMC
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• a journal-based metric• proprietary• incompleteRun by scientists
Publish great research
Innovate and experiment
Laying the foundations
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Editorial process
Full submission
Peer review
Decision after peer
review
Revision assessed by
BRE
Consultation amongst reviewers
Single set of instructions
Limit rounds of revision
Assign to Reviewing Editor
Growth in submissions
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1165
2449
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2012 2013 2014
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Innovation and
experimentation
eLife Lens http://lens.elifesciences.org/
Ivan Grubisic
Research advances
eLife authors can add
important new findings to their
research article or short
report.
Advances can strengthen,
extend or even challenge the
original work.
• Screenshot of advance
• Screenshot of article
Why do this?
• Authors build their story
more quickly in smaller
pieces.
• Readers get hold of
relevant information more
quickly.
• Advances could go much
further, if any author can
add to an article.
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• a journal-based metric• proprietary• incomplete
The barrier to
overcome is
research
assessment
based on
impact factors
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• eLife is an opportunity to explore new approaches
to research communication
• Through sharing experience, data and tools we
hope to contribute to substantial improvements
– Editorial process
– Accessibility
– Presentation and utility
– Research assessment
In summary
