ScienceOpen Launches
abernard102@gmail.com 2014-05-30
Summary:
"ScienceOpen, the research + publishing network, published their first Open Access articles in April and is officially launching today to coincide with the SSP 36th Annual Meeting (#SSPBOSTON). ScienceOpen, the research + publishing
network, published their first Open Access articles in April and is officially launching today to coincide with the SSP 36th Annual Meeting (#SSPBOSTON). The site is committed to Open Science and offers features that are prerequisites and some that raise the bar for other publishers. Articles are published under a common and flexible OA license (CC-BY) and are fully compliant with funder mandates. Preview articles that have passed an internal 5 point editorial check receive a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) from CrossRef so the work can immediately accrue citations. Open peer review takes place after publication and article level metrics are provided in collaboration with Altmetric. Proofs are automatically provided and versioning is included. The platform also provides free collaborative workspaces where researchers can develop their
manuscripts in a private team without the need for email or any obligation to publish with ScienceOpen. Informal scientific communication takes place in public groups or through social networking tools. Participation in reviewing and commenting, on both ScienceOpen articles and all the Open Access content available on the site, requires free membership ..."