An Innovative New Publishing Model for Interdisciplinary Research

• To recognize and emphasize the importance of interdisciplinarity to the scientific enterprise

• To create carefully structured content that combines the best features of online reference works and review journals

• To confer appropriate professional and scientific credit on contributing authors

Goals of the WIREs model

Assembling the building blocks…

Scholarly stature

Structure & coverage

Professional credit & visibility

Dynamic content

Branding & templating

Society partnerships

Breadth of readership

Collaborativeethos

Discoverability

Highlights research

at the interfaces of the

traditional disciplines

New and updated

content added

monthly

Full abstracting and

indexing

Impact factors

World-class editorship

Meticulous peer review

Encyclopedic structure

Comprehensive

coverage

Article types cater to

different readership levels

Consistent, high-

quality, templated

content

Powerful model for

co-development with

learned societies

Strong branding,

indexing, global

profile drive online

visibility and discovery

• Online serial publications with impact factors

• Encyclopedic structure

• Article types catering to different readerships

• New and updated content

• Unique WIREs model and brand

• High profile in numerous research disciplines

Library Community Feedback

• “Our institution is REALLY acting on [the interdisciplinary] premise. We are in the early phases of a capital development plan designed specifically to stimulate interdisciplinary interactions among our research staff…. Go for it.” — Carol Feltes, University Librarian, Rockefeller University

Research Community Feedback: WIREs Nanomedicine and

Nanobiotechnology

• “This resource could be very helpful for scientists from diverse backgrounds to learn about emerging research themes in nanomedicine, as well as stimulate new developments.” — David Thompson, Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University

Editor in Chief: James R. BakerJanuary 2009

Research Community Feedback: WIREs Computational Statistics

• “A really great and very timely idea.” — Louise Ryan, Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health

Editors in Chief: Edward Wegman, Yasmin Said, and David ScottMarch 2009

Research Community Feedback:WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine

• “Very forward looking… I approve wholeheartedly.” — Peter Hunter, Director, Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland

Editors in Chief: Joseph H. Nadeau and Shankar SubramaniamJune 2009

Research Community Feedback: WIREs Cognitive Science

• “Given the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive science, publications of this kind are not just appropriate, but essential.” — Max Coltheart, Professor of Psychology, Macquarie University

Editor in Chief: Lynn NadelJune 2009

Research Community Feedback: WIREs Computational Molecular

Science

• “This sounds like an excellent initiative in the online publishing area.” — Robert Glen, Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Editor in Chief: Peter SchreinerSeptember 2009

Research Community Feedback:WIREs Climate Change

• “I think it is an intriguing idea. It is clear that you have given the implementation details a lot of thought. I think it is a concept whose time has come.” — Greg Flato, Chief, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

Editor in Chief: Mike HulmePublished in association with the Royal Meteorological Society and

the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)January 2010

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