From: Peter Binfield <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:23:54 -0800
I append a Press Release put out by PeerJ earlier today - of possible
interest to this list
Pete Binfield (PeerJ)
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Press Release: November 27th, 2012.
Open Access journal PeerJ opens for submissions starting December 3rd
PeerJ (https://peerj.com), a new multidisciplinary Open Access
journal, announced today a formal Call for Papers, with submissions
being welcomed starting December 3rd, 2012.
Since its original announcement (https://peerj.com/about/reviews),
PeerJ has brought together an engaged community of scientists to form
an Editorial Board with a broad range of expertise. At the same time,
they have created an online Submission, and Peer Review system that
has been extremely well received by early beta testers. The Editorial
Board is now comprised of 700 leading academics, in addition to an
Advisory Board of 20 (which includes 5 Nobel Laureates), and that
group has been testing the submission and peer review software
throughout November. The successful conclusion of this beta period
means that the journal is now ready to begin accepting public
submissions starting December 3rd.
CEO and Co-Founder Jason Hoyt said “We are excited to start receiving
submissions and are pleased to be able to provide researchers with a
cutting edge system for submission and publication. We look forward to
publishing our first articles in early 2013 and to continuing our
vision for the future of scientific publishing.”
Unique among academic publishers, PeerJ provides authors with low cost
lifetime memberships giving them the rights to publish their papers
freely thereafter. Three membership plans exist - Basic, Enhanced and
Investigator. All Member plans confer lifetime rights, and the three
tiers allow members to publish once, twice, or an unlimited number of
times per year in PeerJ. Each author on a paper must be a member and
the Basic membership plan is just $99 (see: http://peerj.com/pricing
for full details).
PeerJ will publish all well reported, scientifically sound research in
the Biological and Medical Sciences. The journal operates a rigorous
peer review process and will deliver the highest standards in
everything it does. The Aims & Scope of the journal are detailed at:
https://peerj.com/about/aims-and-scope, Instructions for Authors can
be found at: https://peerj.com/about/author-instructions, the
Editorial Criteria can be found at:
https://peerj.com/about/editorial-criteria, and the Editorial Board
can be viewed at: https://peerj.com/academic-boards/editors with the
Advisors being listed at https://peerj.com/academic-boards/advisors.
Starting December 3rd, authors can submit to PeerJ by visiting
https://peerj.com
With this Call for Papers, PeerJ is now moving swiftly towards first
publications, as well as the launch of PeerJ PrePrints
(https://peerj.com/about/publications/#PeerJ-PrePrints), both of which
are planned for early 2013.
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About PeerJ: PeerJ is an Open Access publisher of scholarly scientific
content, which offers researchers a lifetime membership, for a single
low price, giving them the ability to publish all future articles for
free. The company has two publications: a peer-reviewed journal named
“PeerJ” and a preprint server called “PeerJ PrePrints”. PeerJ is based
in San Francisco, CA and London, UK and is co-Founded by Jason Hoyt
and Peter Binfield.
About Open Access: Open Access is the practice of providing
unrestricted, free, online access to peer-reviewed scholarly content
(typically journal articles). Copyright is retained by the authors,
and a Creative Commons ‘attribution license’ is commonly applied,
meaning that anyone can re-use the material provided they attribute
the original source.
For more information, or to schedule interviews, email [log in to unmask]
Peter Binfield, PhD
Co-Founder and Publisher, PeerJ
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http://PeerJ.com
Twitter: @p_binfield & @ThePeerJ
Office: + 1 (415) 413 4596
Cell: +1 (415) 699 7254
Skype: peter.binfield
PO Box 614,
Corte Madera, CA 94976, USA
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