Missed us at SSP? Want to know the latest things we're cooking up at Rubriq? These are the slides Keith Collier presented at the SSP session (Concurrent 4E: The Future of Peer Review: Game Changers). This presentation gives an overview of our independent peer review service, as well as a preview of one of our new free author tools. It was designed for the SSP audience, which is primarily journals, editors, and publishers. Want to hear the narration? Visit a recording on our YouTube page here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K91ZtMPvaBk. From the SSP 2013 Annual Meeting - http://www.sspnet.org/events/past-events/2013-annual-meeting/schedule/

1. The Rubriq Platform
Putting Time Back into Science
June 2013

2. Why Rubriq?

4. Challenges & Solutions to Journal Loops
• Work within the established journal structure
• Pragmatic solutions for both traditional
journals and Mega OA
Publication still the
Currency of Research
• Subject & Quality Match
• Better Information about Journals
Better Matching of
Authors/Paper to
Journals
• Standardized Pre Submission Peer Review
• Submit Once / Portability of Reviews
• Central Reviewer Database
Connectivity /
Portability Between
Journals

5. The Rubriq Triumvirate
Scorecard
Independent Peer Review &
Journal Recommendation
Workflow
Software
Access to Reviewer
Database
Journal
Information
Pages
Search, Rate, and
Compare Journals

6. Scorecard
Independent Peer Review &
Journal Recommendation
Workflow
Software
Access to Reviewer
Database
Journal
Information
Pages
Search, Rate, and
Compare Journals

7. Current “Journal Finder” Tools
Subject Match Only

8. Reviewers
Assessment of Paper Prior to Journal
Selection

10. Our Scorecard Rubric
Quality of Research Quality of Presentation Novelty & Interest

11. The Rubriq Report

12. Strength
of match
Journal Recommendations

13. Two-Way Matching: Editor Tools
Editor
Control Journal Data
Criteria for Matching
Search for Papers

14. Strength
of match
Journal/Editor-Driven Recommendations

15. The Current Service
1
Classification &
Manuscript Report
2
Reviewer Report
(R-score)
3
Journal
Recommendations
1-2 weeks

16. The Business Model
Author is Customer
Reviewers (and/or labs) are paid
Direct or Rubriq Credit
Free Service to Editors/Publishers
Goal is a faster path to publication in the best journal for the author

17. “Parallel” Beta Tests with Publishers
Journal
Journal Peer Review

18. “…Despite initial skepticism…the editors
were really impressed with the way the
scorecard worked”
“They felt it just goes to show that if you
pay postdocs a relatively small amount,
and they are the right people, they will do
a good and thorough job”
“…would be pleased to participate in the
next phase and be part of the Network”
“… really impressed with the way in which
Rubriq has been set up. .there is a genuine
interest in evolving the review process to
provide authors with meaningful, multi-
faceted reviews of their work”
“…I really like the scorecard. It captures
the many ways in which a paper can be
evaluated…
“ Very supportive of this effort, both as a
recognition of the time and effort a good
review takes, and of the prospect that
reviewers might improve their game, and
thus help raise the quality of research more
globally”
Editors Reviewers
Beta Feedback

19. Scorecard
Independent Peer Review &
Journal Recommendation
Workflow
Software
Access to Reviewer
Database
Journal
Information
Pages
Search, Rate, and
Compare Journals

23. What Authors Should Know About Journals
(apples to apples comparison)
General
Information
Aims &
Scope
Contact Info
Links
Publisher
Reputation
Impact
Factor
Journal Rank
Editorial
Reputation
Acceptance
Rate
Society
Affiliation
Timeliness
Time to First
Decision
Review
Cycle Tile
Acceptance
to
Publication
Strength of
Journal/Paper
Match
Subject
Match
R-Score
Match
Editor
Preferences
Costs
APCs
Submission
Charges
Page
Charges /
Color
Charges
Visibility
Circulation
Index
Coverage
Copyright
Policy
Copyright
transfer
policy
CC License
Used
Community
Ratings /
Comments
Author
Ratings
(time,
reputation,
experience)
Advice to
other
authors
submitting
to journal

24. Rubriq Journal Page
www.rubriq.com/journalname
Journal Name
Strength of Match
Costs
Timeliness
General Information / Links
Ratings / Advice for Submitting Authors
Visibility
Reputation
Copyright Policy

25. Scorecard
Independent Peer Review &
Journal Recommendation
Workflow
Software
Access to Reviewer
Database
Journal
Information
Pages
Search, Rate, and
Compare Journals
Reviewer
Database

26. Rubriq Journal Page
Journal Name
Strength of Match
Costs
Timeliness
General Information / Links
Ratings / Advice for Submitting Authors
Visibility
Reputation
SUBMIT
Copyright Policy
SUBMIT

27. Tying the System Together
• Submit from the journal page
• Publisher Pages – search across publisher /
submit to publisher
• Single reviewer database
• In Mail
• Rubriq Scorecard
Central
Reviewer
Database

28. Rubriq Journal Club
• Run a Journal Club with Rubriq
• Share club scores/papers
• Score published papers
• Data for connecting R-Scores to Papers and Journals

29. The Rubriq Platform
Paid Service
Independent Review
Free Tools
Workflow
Software
Free Content
Journal
Information
Pages

30. What Should a Publisher/Journal Editor Do?
• Create User Accounts
• Associate your Account with your Journal(s)
– Work with Publishers to Managed the Entire List
• Update Information
• Friendly to Receiving a Rubriq Report with
Submission

31. THANKS
Keith Collier
@keithecollier
@RubriqNews