What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals?

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Speakers

Anna Sharman Cofactor

Maria Kowlaczuk BioMed Central

Alf Eaton PeerJ

Giulia De Rossi QMUL

Damian Pattinson PLOS

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Cofactor

• Freelance editors covering all of science• Editing, consultancy and workshops• Expertise in scientific publishing, open access,

new developments• Contacts in publishing• Based in UK

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The new scientific publishing world

• Many more options• Less copyediting• Post-publication comments• Open review means original version published• Preprints

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Changes needed

• Can’t publish and forget• Your errors will be out there for all to see• Greater need for checking• Use a professional editor!

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New kinds of peer review

• Open• ‘Megajournal-type'• Post-publication• Journal-independent• Discussion• Crowdsourced

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Maria KowlaczukDeputy Biology Editor BioMed Central@Maria_Kowlaczuk

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Alf EatonDeveloperPeerJ@invisiblecomma

What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals?

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Giulia De RossiPhD student William Harvey Research Institute Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London

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Damian PattinsonEditorial Director, PLOS ONEPublic Library of Science@damianpattinson

What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals?

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