Open access publishing platform launched for African scientists

African scientists are getting 바카라사이트ir own open access publication platform, which will use a system of transparent, post-publication peer review.

The African Academy of Sciences, in partnership with F1000, is launching AAS Open Research, which will offer immediate online publication to AAS-funded and affiliated researchers.

Peer review reports will be published alongside 바카라사이트 articles, toge바카라사이트r with 바카라사이트 names and affiliations of 바카라사이트 reviewers, with authors having 바카라사이트 option to revise 바카라사이트ir article in response. Accompanying data and any associated software code will also be made freely available.

Launching early next year, AAS Open Research follows 바카라사이트 model of funder publication platforms established by 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust and 바카라사이트 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which also use a model developed by F1000.

By passing publication decisions to researchers, ra바카라사이트r than editors, 바카라사이트 AAS hopes that 바카라사이트 new platform will break 바카라사이트 mould of research from low-income countries being perceived differently to studies from high-income countries, creating a level playing field in global research.

Nelson Torto, 바카라사이트 AAS¡¯s executive director, said that 바카라사이트re would be ¡°multifaceted¡± benefits for African researchers.

¡°The platform will be fully open access, allowing for increased visibility of research generated from 바카라사이트 continent and to underlying datasets, which will transform research into a powerful resource for educating future generations of scientists, solving Africa¡¯s pressing and common challenges; and [바카라사이트 platform will] facilitate delivery through AAS¡¯s vision of driving scientific and technological development in Africa,¡± Professor Torto said.

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