The slides and audio of PeerJ's blitz presentation at Science Online 2013 #scio13 - Feb 1st 2013 (http://scienceonline.com/scienceonline2013/)

1. Academic Publishing is Evolving…
PeteBinfield
Co-Founder and Publisher
PeerJ
@ThePeerJ
https://peerj.co
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@p_binfield
pete@peerj.com

2. Predicted ‘Disruption Timeframe’ of OA vs Subscription model
Source: “The Inevitability of Open Access”, David Lewis
http://crl.acrl.org/content/73/5/493.full.pdf+html (College and Research Libraries, Sep 2012

3. Academic Publishing is Evolving…
Late 2012
Early 2013
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6. Academic Publishing is Evolving…

8. Academic Publishing is Evolving…
Interesting Features
PeerJ
- an entirely new Open Access business model
- a broad based journal in the biological and medical sciences, judging
submissions based only on technical and scientific validity
- fully peer reviewed, with rapid review process handled by a (very) large
editorial board
- encouraging of ‘Open’ Peer Review
- members incentivized to participate in the peer review process
PeerJ PrePrints
- a preprint server for the biological and medical sciences
- a full suite of ‘privacy’ controls to encourage participation
- closely integrated with the journal
- an experimental space where new features, functionalities and
standards can be tried out
New Features and Functionality Enabled by the Membership Model…

9. Academic Publishing is Evolving…
The Initial Reception

10. Academic Publishing is Evolving…
Since Then…

11. Academic Publishing is Evolving…
Current Status
• Staff of 5 (London & San Francisco)
– Jason Hoyt, Co-Founder and CEO (ex Mendeley)
– Alf Eaton, Senior Engineer (ex Mendeley & Nature)
– Patrick McAndrew, Sys Admin (ex clipDO.com)
– Jackie Thai, Admin & Production (ex PLoS ONE)
• ~ 800 Academic Editors & Advisors
– 5 Nobel Laureates
• Public Submissions to PeerJ: Dec 3rd
2012
• 1st
PeerJ Publications: Feb 2013
• Public Launch of PeerJPrePrints:Next!

12. Academic Publishing is Evolving…
Thank You
Pete Binfield
Co-Founder and Publisher
@p_binfield
pete@peerj.com
@ThePeerJ
https://peerj.com