ScienceOpen Presentation: Academic Publishing in Europe 2014, Berlin

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ScienceOpen.com

Perspectives in Publishing and Networking for theScientific Community

Stephanie Dawson, Ph.D. Alexander GrossmannCEO PresidentScienceOpen ScienceOpen

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Present Status

The internet is changing thethe scholarly publishing paradigmo Rapid exchange of digital information

o Scientific networking and blogging

o Rise of non- or questionably peer-reviewed literature

Conclusion: Scholarly research becomesincreasingly OPEN

o Open Access

o Public Peer-Reviewing

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Mission Statement

What is our vision? We believe that it is necessary to rethink

publishing within the context of the internetWe believe that free access to knowledge

drives creativity, innovation anddevelopment

We believe that facilitating open and publiccommunication between academics is the best way to ensure qualityWe strongly are committed to Open Access

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ScienceOpen

What is our vision? disappointed by the previous ways of

academic publishing we started to make our own vision of scholarly communication become reality

we are committed to Open Access we believe that free access to knowledge

drives creativity, innovation anddevelopment

to facilitate open and publiccommunication between academics

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What is ScienceOpen?

A Journal, Research Network or Preprint archive?

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What is ScienceOpen?

A Journal, Research Network orPreprint archive?

A journal: to manage peer review, manuscript editing

and make your work public.

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What is ScienceOpen?

A Journal, Research Network orPreprint archive?

A network: to facilitate communication and

collaboration among scientists.

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What is ScienceOpen?

A Journal, Research Network orPreprint archive?

A preprint archive: to shorten publication times, to reach a

broader audience and to consult peers for additional input.

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What is ScienceOpen?

A Journal, Research Network orPreprint archive?

The answer is: we will combine the advantages of all three

concepts on one platform.we regard ourselves as a

"Research and Publishing Network".a single freely accessible online platform to

efficiently share and evaluate scientific information.

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Features

What do we want to offer?

a freely accessible online platform to share and evaluate scientific information.

to aggregate Open Access articles from avariety of sources – opening them up tocommenting and discussion.

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What do we want to offer?

to set up a personal profile to network with

other scientists. to organize scientific communication

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What do we want to offer?

to provide space and tools to support scientists when

drafting their work

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What do we want to offer?

to publish a finalizedmanuscript rapidly

to allow an evaluation after publication ina Public Post-Publication PeerReview process.

to improve the work by publishing arevised version based on comments andreviews by peers.

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Features

Who is behind ScienceOpen? independent start-up company based in Berlin and Boston founded in 2013 Founders areAlexander Grossmann

(Physicist and Professor of Publishing Management at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Leipzig, Germany) andTibor Tscheke (Information

Scientist, Software Developer and Content Management Specialist).

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Business Concept

Free services Access, browse, search and comment Network and communicate Workspace, draft and organize

Publishing charges include Publishing of final manuscript Copyediting Language editing XML conversion DOI assigment

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Timeline

Beta Launch December 2013 1m+ OA articles Browse, network, comment, organize

Release 1.0 April 2014 Publishing interface Further functionalities: News

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Thank you very much!

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Screenshots: Search and Access

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Screenshots: Search and Access

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Screenshots: Comment and Review

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Screenshots: Search and Access

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Screenshots: User Profile

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Screenshots: Networking & Groups

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