2. Scientific publishing Thomas Lemberger Molecular Systems Biology

4. Scientific publishing The publication of scientific information is intended to move science forward. More specifically, the act of publishing is a quid pro quo in which authors receive credit and acknowledgment in exchange for disclosure of their scientific findings. Source: “Sharing Publication-Related Data and Materials: Responsibilities of Authorship in the Life Sciences”,. Board on Life Sciences, The National Academies Press (2003)

7. move science forward

8. reviewers & editors readers authors

19. EMBO Publications

20. The editorial process editorial rejection review reject revise reject accept time

21. quality

22. quality community

23. R Aebersold GM Church L Hood E Liu P Bork Julie Ahringer Charles Auffray Ewan Birney Tom Blundell Thomas S. Deisboeck Jan Ellenberg Michael Elowitz Alan Fersht Stan Fields Mark Gerstein Frank Holstege Sung Hou Kim Hiroaki Kitano Doron Lancet Andrew J. Link Stephen Oliver Jeremy Nicholson Bernhard Palsson Rama Ranganathan Uwe Sauer Luis Serrano Lucy Shapiro Pamela Silver Michael Snyder Janet Thornton Masaru Tomita Marc Vidal Hans V. Westerhoff Lothar Willmitzer John Yates Senior Editors Advisory Board EMBO Editors: Thomas Lemberger Andrew Hufton

24. EMBO Editors: Thomas Lemberger Andrew Hufton R Aebersold GM Church L Hood E Liu P Bork Julie Ahringer Charles Auffray Ewan Birney Tom Blundell Thomas S. Deisboeck Jan Ellenberg Michael Elowitz Alan Fersht Stan Fields Mark Gerstein Frank Holstege Sung Hou Kim Hiroaki Kitano Doron Lancet Andrew J. Link Stephen Oliver Jeremy Nicholson Bernhard Palsson Rama Ranganathan Uwe Sauer Luis Serrano Lucy Shapiro Pamela Silver Michael Snyder Janet Thornton Masaru Tomita Marc Vidal Hans V. Westerhoff Lothar Willmitzer John Yates Senior Editors Advisory Board Scope & general policies

25. The editorial process editorial rejection review reject revise reject accept time

26. To review or not to review... editorial rejection review reject revise reject accept time

27. To review or not to review... editorial rejection review reject revise reject accept time

29. In case of doubt... R Aebersold GM Church L Hood E Liu P Bork Julie Ahringer Charles Auffray Ewan Birney Tom Blundell Thomas S. Deisboeck Jan Ellenberg Michael Elowitz Alan Fersht Stan Fields Mark Gerstein Frank Holstege Sung Hou Kim Hiroaki Kitano Doron Lancet Andrew J. Link Stephen Oliver Jeremy Nicholson Bernhard Palsson Rama Ranganathan Uwe Sauer Luis Serrano Lucy Shapiro Pamela Silver Michael Snyder Janet Thornton Masaru Tomita Marc Vidal Hans V. Westerhoff Lothar Willmitzer John Yates Senior Editors Advisory Board EMBO Editors: Thomas Lemberger Andrew Hufton

30. Initial editorial decision

31. To review or not to review... editorial rejection review reject revise reject accept time

35. Why should I review? Source: “Peer Review Survey 2009: Preliminary Findings”, Sense About Science http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk 16% 33% 34% 30% 46% 85% 69% 72% 90% n=3597 % agree

38. Cross-commenting Editor Author Board Referee 3 Referee 2 Referee 1

39. Post-revision review editorial rejection review reject revise reject accept time

46. What is a Figure? A scientific result converted into a collection of pixels…

47. Source Data

52. The Paper of the Future?

53. The Paper of the Future?

54. The Paper of the Future?

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60. Public databases Functional genomics GEO, ArrayExpress Proteomics Pride, PeptideAtlas, Tranche PPI IMEx consortium Clinical genomics datasets EGA, dbGAP Metagenomics Genbank Computational models BioModels, JWS