2. 2
Future of scholarly communication
What aspects of scholarly journals are
worth keeping in the future?
Topic-specific bundling
Editorial selection
Quality assurance
Trust and reliability
ScienceOpen Collections provide
these functions beyond the limits and
bias of individual publishers or
journals.
3. 3
Our goal for Collections
We aim to revolutionize the creation,
distribution and evaluation of
scholarly information, while
advocating for change in the
scientific publishing culture through
Open Access.
4. 4
What is unique?
Only at ScienceOpen can you build a
collection based on the best Open Access
research available – regardless of the
publisher or source. You can invite new
content or draw on landmark papers.
5. 5
What should Collections accomplish?
1. Provide readers with a topical selection of high
quality Open Access articles – regardless of the
original publisher.
2. Grant editors the academic freedom to choose any
topic and any paper from any source.
3. Create an open forum for discussion across
disciplines.
4. Give recognition to those researchers who publish
their best work OA.
5. Develop metrics to help scientists better evaluate
research results.
6. 6
Role of Collection Editor
Collection Editors are an experts in their fields
willing to further the goals of Open Access by
highlighting excellent research published with
a CC BY license that permits full re-use.
Choose a collection topic
Organize a group of scientists to join in the
discussion
Select and comment on papers from over 1.4
million Open Access articles on ScienceOpen
Write an editorial
Invite and involve your network
7. 7
Collection Editor as mentor
The Editorial team of each collection should
ideally be made up of senior and junior
scientists.
Mentoring is an essential part of the scientific
culture and learning from each other can go
both ways.
Senior and junior scientists often have
different and complementary networks.
8. 8
Start today!
To start your own collection contact the ScienceOpen team:
Stephanie Dawson
(Stephanie.Dawson@ScienceOpen.com)
Nana Bit-Avragim
(Nana.Bit-Avragim@ScienceOpen.com)
Liz Allen
(Liz.Allen@ScienceOpen.com)
ScienceOpen GmbH
Pappelallee 78/79
10437 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49-30-6098490-277
