Presentation by Anna Sharman introducing her new company Cofactor at its launch event, and introducing speakers and the theme ‘What difference will changes in peer review make to authors and journals?’

1. What difference will
new forms of peer review
make to authors and journals?
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Launch event

2. Speakers
Anna Sharman Cofactor
Maria Kowlaczuk BioMed Central
Alf Eaton PeerJ
Giulia De Rossi QMUL
Damian Pattinson PLOS
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4. Cofactor
• Freelance editors covering all of science
• Editing, consultancy and workshops
• Expertise in scientific publishing, open access,
new developments
• Contacts in publishing
• Based in UK
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5. The new scientific publishing world
• Many more options
• Less copyediting
• Post-publication comments
• Open review means original version published
• Preprints
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6. Changes needed
• Can’t publish and forget
• Your errors will be out there for all to see
• Greater need for checking
• Use a professional editor!
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7. New kinds of peer review
• Open
• ‘Megajournal-type'
• Post-publication
• Journal-independent
• Discussion
• Crowdsourced
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8. Maria Kowlaczuk
Deputy Biology Editor
BioMed Central
@Maria_Kowlaczuk
What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals?
#PeerRevFactors
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9. Alf Eaton
Developer
PeerJ
@invisiblecomma
What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals?
#PeerRevFactors
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10. Giulia De Rossi
PhD student
William Harvey Research Institute
Barts and the London School of Medicine and
Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals?
#PeerRevFactors
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11. Damian Pattinson
Editorial Director, PLOS ONE
Public Library of Science
@damianpattinson
What difference will new forms of peer review make to authors and journals?
#PeerRevFactors
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12. Cofactor launch event
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