Publishing in parallel: when two societies work together | Publishing blog | Royal Society

"Publishing in parallel. What does it mean and how is it relevant to the theme of Peer Review Week 2017? Well, the Royal Society journal Royal Society Open Science has been collaborating with the Royal Society of Chemistry to jointly peer review and publish chemistry content since 2015. This ‘publishing in parallel’ model, with two societies working to publish one journal, is unique in scientific publishing. Here, we collaborate again, to explain how the arrangement came about, how it works, and why we think it contributes to the transparency of science."