Category: Scholarly Publishing
Towards a Framework to Measure Open Science Practices – PLOS Open Science Indicators
— by Fanny Liu Open Science is “transparent and accessible knowledge that is shared and developed through collaborative networks” (Vicente-Saez & Martinez-Fuentes, 2018, p. 434). It encompasses emerging trends such as open code, open data, open access, and more. PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a non-profit, open access publisher in science and medicine, and…
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Journal submission process – What it has been & What it might become
— by Fanny Liu From 31 January 2023, eLife, a peer reviewed, open-access journal in life sciences and medicine, will adopt a new “publish, review, curate” model for article publishing. There will still be the peer review process, but no more post-peer review accept/reject decisions. Instead, all papers that have undergone peer review will be…
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