[open-science] Anyone from f1000research here? (was: Re: Request for advice: setting up an open access journal

Wed Dec 17 12:58:36 UTC 2014

Thanks Mike,

That is very helpful.
http://f1000research.com/ does look like what I had in mind - are there any
f1000 research people here on this list who would care to join the
conversation?

best,

Yishay

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On 16 December 2014 at 20:32, Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:
>
> On 16 December 2014 at 17:57, Yishay Mor <yishaym at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been invited to co-edit a journal. I rather not specify which, but
> it
> > is an existing journal which is already open access. I would like to
> suggest
> > some innovations in the editorial process, and I would appriciate any
> advice
> > on this:
> >
> > 1. Technically - we need a solid, open source, simple to use journal
> > management system, so that we can streamline the peer review process. Any
> > recomendations?
>
> The traditional option is Open Journal Systems (OJS) which is used for
> many thousands of journals so it's certainly battle-tested. But it has
> reputation of being maybe a bit cumbersome and old-fashioned.
>
> A more lightweight approach would be Annotum, which is implemented on
> Wordpress. Should be very easy to use. PLOS uses it for PLOS Currents,
> so again it's out there in the wild and doing important work.
>
> A third option would be the PeerJ system. All the software is open
> source and available on github. But AFAIK it's never been packaged for
> out-of-the-box use, so you might find yourself facing a demanding
> integration project.
>
> My guess would be the Annotum is going to hit the sweet spot between
> ease of installation and ease of use. But note this important
> disclaimer: I myself have no experience of implementing any of these.
>
> > 2. Conceptually, I would like to introduce a two-tier system:
> crowd-review
> > and peer-review. The idea I have is as follows.
> > - Anyone will be able to self-publish a paper in the crowd review system.
> > You would submit your paper, make it public, and call for reviews. Anyone
> > will be entitled to review, and you will be able to upload revisions and
> > respond to your reviewers. Reviewers will confirm if you have addressed
> your
> > concerns or not. You will be assigned a doi and a bibilographic reference
> > for each version of your paper, and awarded badges that signify the
> level of
> > maturity (e.g. how many reviews recieved / resolved).
>
> This is very much like the way F1000 Research operates. They're a
> friendly bunch and will probably be happy to help you think through
> the corners of the model.
>
> -- Mike.
>
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