The document discusses rethinking scientific publishing in light of changes brought by the internet. It describes how the internet has changed publishing by allowing immediate, worldwide open access without journals. It introduces ScienceOpen as a next-generation research and publishing platform that aims to maintain quality in this new environment through transparent, network-based peer review and evaluation of published works. ScienceOpen provides tools for collaboration, communication and publishing open access papers with the goal of driving innovation.

1. Rethinking
Scientific
Publishing
Stephanie Dawson, CEO
August 26, 2014
American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Information (CINF)

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Scientific communication is changing
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Present Status
The internet has fundamentally changed the
scholarly publishing paradigm
 No need for journals as “container”.
 Immediate publication and worldwide open access.
 Impact can be measured on article level and Journal
Impact Factors lose meaning.
 Publishing becomes a service and fees can be based on
the real costs of publication.
 Public discourse on scientific research in blogs, social
media, scientific networks and on PubMed Commons.
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The opportunity
 Provide free and immediate
access to knowledge to drive
creativity, collaboration,
innovation and development.
 Allow ideas to be judged on
their merit, regardless of where
they come from – open,
transparent and fair.
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The challenge
How to maintain quality of scientific communication
in an internet model?
 Current system derived from paper-based communication
depends on anoymous pre-publication Peer Review.
 But recent cases have highlighted that with the internet, more
eyes are more likely to find errors and communicate them more
quickly.
 New modes of network-based evaluation of research are
required.
 New measures for rating and ranking scientific results required.
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Our answer: ScienceOpen
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What is ScienceOpen?
ScienceOpen is a next generation research +
publishing network for all areas of modern
science, the humanities and social sciences.
Members can collaborate online and publish their
results Open Access which are evaluated in a
transparent community-based review process.
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The core ScienceOpen idea
 Use the power of
professional networks
to evaluate scientific
results.
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SO puts researcher at the center
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Integration with ORCID
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Social-networking tools
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Groups and discussion forums
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Private collaborations
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APE 2014 Berlin January 29, 2014
ScienceOpen covers all disciplines

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Aggregator for Open Access content
1.3 million articles
 XML imported from the PubMed
Open Access Data Subset.
 Metadata imported from arXiv
with linking to preprints.
 Further partners for content
aggregation in discussion.
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ScienceOpen as Open Access publisher
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ScienceOpen advantages
Fast
 After editorial check (ca. 1 week) paper may be
published as author pdf with a citable Cross-Ref DOI.
Typeset version follows after ca. 10 days.
Transparent
 After publication SO editors initiate an open, public
peer review. Network-based – any reader can invite a
referee. Transparent – with full name and all
comments. Open-ended – supports reproducibility as
criterion as comments may come much later.
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One-stop communication platform
Communicate
 Share
 Promote – Twitter,
Mendely, etc.
 groups
Evaluate
 Transparent, fair
 Post-publication
 Community-based
Publish
 Fast – DOI after
Editorial check
 Professional
 Flexible
 All disciplines, all
article types
Collaborate
 All comments in
one space
Idea

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Who is behind ScienceOpen?
 independent start-up company
 based in Berlin and Boston
 ScienceOpen was founded in 2013 by:
Alexander Grossmann
Physicist and Professor of Publishing Management at
the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Leipzig
Tibor Tscheke
Information Scientist, Software Developer and Content
Management Specialist, Boston
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Editorial Board Members: >150
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Business concept
Free services
 Access: browse, search & comment
 Network: connect & communicate
 Organize: draft manuscripts & discuss with colleagues
Publishing charge: USD 800
 DOI assigment
 Copyediting
 Language editing
 XML conversion
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 Hosting
 Printable PDF
 A&I / Google Scholar

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New initiatives in scientific communication

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Thank you very much!
Stephanie Dawson, PhD
ScienceOpen GmbH
Pappelallee 78/79, 10437 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49-30-6098490-277
Skype: dawson_scienceopen
Twitter: @SDawsonBerlin
Mobile: +49-176-72614581
Stephanie.Dawson@ScienceOpen.com
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Looking forward to your visit…
youtube.com/user/ScienceOpen
facebook.com/pages/scienceopencom/151202981751490
twitter.com/Science_Open