[open-science] Open Science Special Collection (was Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology research topic on open science)

Mon Dec 15 15:15:22 UTC 2014

Hi All

You can read the minutes of this meeting here:
https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-frontiers

Conversation focused on:

   - Is a special collection on open science (in life science?) a good
   idea? Generally yes
   - What should the scope of such a collection be? See pad for list
   - Where would be a good place to publish such a collection bearing in
   mind:
   - most people are not primarily focused on this kind of research
      - publishing fees can be a barrier for many
      - the topic is broad but the number of interested authors is possibly
      small (there are 700+ of you out there on the mailing list but it's a big
      commitment to undertake and publish an article)

In general the group was positive about the idea but we have a lot of
questions about the process to put to the Frontiers editors and decided
that exploring other publishing options was a good idea.

If people have ideas about how as a working group we could curate such a
collection then
do chip in!

Jenny

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> The first meeting for discussing the Frontiers research topic in open
> science will be:
> *Mon 15 Dec 08:00 UTC*
>
> If you are interested in being a topic editor, do please get in touch and
> even if you wouldn't like to be involved on an ongoing basis you are very
> welcome to come along to the meeting and discuss the possible scope of the
> topic. More details:
> http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/Projects/Frontiers
>
> We will be trying out Jitsi (http://www.jitsi.org) as an open sourse VOIP
> solution, with Skype as a backup.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jenny
>
> On 4 November 2014 at 06:36, Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology are potentially interested in
>> hosting a research topic on open science (in cell and developmental
>> biology).
>>
>> Submissions would be open access and could combine to make an e-book. If
>> people think this would be a good thing, would anyone be  interested in
>> acting as a topic editor?
>>
>> I've set up a wiki page, so please add yourself if you're keen and we can
>> arrange a call: http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/Projects/Frontiers
>>
>> More info on research topics are below.
>>
>> Thanks very much!
>>
>> Jenny
>>
>>
>> Research Topics are a collection of original articles around a theme of
>> your choice. Articles are not invited, but instead carefully selected from
>> article proposals and rigorously peer-reviewed. If your Research Topic
>> publishes 10 or more articles, we will create a free open-access e-book
>> <http://www.frontiersin.org/books/all_books> from your Research Topic.
>> You can find further information on organizing a Research Topic, as well as
>> examples of Research Topics in your field, on our Research Topics
>> Guidelines <http://www.frontiersin.org/about/RTGuidelines>.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Depending on your academic and editorial expertise, you will be able to
>> participate in various ways.*
>>
>>
>> Senior researchers can take on the task as Topic Editor ("Guest Associate
>> Editor"), essentially acting as handling editor for submitted manuscripts.
>> In our experience, the most successful Research Topics have a team of two
>> or three Topic Editors to share the editorial responsibilities. This team
>> must include at least one senior researcher (e.g. full Professor or
>> equivalent), and all Topic Editors must hold at least a PhD degree and have
>> a significant editorial experience.
>>
>>
>>
>> Those with less editorial experience can initiate Research Topics through
>> their ideas if they have the support of a senior scientist interested in
>> proposing and hosting the Topic (i.e. acting as Topic Editor). Their
>> participation would entitle them to a free article submission to the
>> Research Topic and the possibility of an acknowledgement in the Topic
>> description, as well as the corresponding e-book. Thus creating a
>> network between established scientists and the next generation of leading
>> researchers.
>>
>>
>>
>> While some article types are subject to publishing fees
>> <http://www.frontiersin.org/about/PublishingFees>, submissions to a
>> Research Topic receive a substantial discount. Moreover, waivers for these
>> fees are available in the case of need and a number Institutional
>> agreements are in place.
>>
>
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