Collections on ScienceOpen

2 Future of scholarly communication What are the central functions of scholarly journals?  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 – because researchers want to discover the best of the best.

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 What is unique? Only at ScienceOpen can you build a collection based on the best research available – regardless of the publisher or source. You can invite new content or draw on landmark papers.

5 What should Collections accomplish? 1.Provide readers with a topical selection of high quality articles and article records – 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.Develop metrics to help scientists better evaluate research results.

6 Role of Collection Editor Collection Editors are an experts in their fields willing to share their expertise with a wider audience.  Choose a collection topic  Organize a group of scientists to join in the discussion  Select and comment on papers from over 10 million articles and article records on ScienceOpen  Write an editorial  Invite and involve your network

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 Start today! To start your own collection contact the ScienceOpen team: Stephanie Dawson Liz Allen ScienceOpen GmbH Pappelallee 78/ Berlin, Germany Tel: