Senior researcher benefits
PeerJ is a great option for senior researchers
Use your power
As a senior researcher you are in a unique position to help improve the way science is published
- Open access publishing democratises access to the scientific literature.
- You can lead the way by championing Open Access journal publishing within your team.
- Help address the reproducibility crisis through the publication of supporting data (open data), publishing replication experiments, and negative or inconclusive results.
- Read our recent blog post to learn more about these issues, and the Bullied into bad science campaign.
Senior researchers can set the good example and encourage our young researchers to take the OA route.
Alain Beretz, University President, University of Strasbourg.
Broaden your audience
PeerJ's multidisciplinary nature offers you a great opportunity to reach new academics
- Your article will be read by more academics in a broader range of subjects.
- Publishing in 269 subject areas so a great fit for multi and interdisciplinary research.
- 10.5M views and downloads (500,000+ monthly visitors).
- 26k+ researchers subscribed to PeerJ article alerts.
When we decided that the findings would be of general interest to a number of different scientific fields, we looked for a journal with a broad audience that was open access, which colleagues had had good experiences with. PeerJ fit the bill.
PeerJ Author
Streamlined submission
Our submission system is optimized for speed and ease of use.
- Built with modern web technologies.
- Continuously improved and enhanced with usability and speed improvements.
- Succinct, useful checklists for each section.
- LaTeX submissions encouraged.
- 'One click' submission supported from bioRxiv, Overleaf, and Peerage of Science.
PeerJ was extremely quick and responsive to our submission. Their user interface makes submission way easier than other publishers.
PeerJ Author
Efficient review
PeerJ's reviewing platform makes robust review a straightforward process.
- Reviewers are asked to submit their reviews 10 to 14 days after accepting to review.
- Continuing innovation in reviewer-matching tools for editors.
- Best-practice guidance and support for reviewers.
- Smooth, pain-free review submission interface.
- Helpful, personable email updates keep you, your editor, and your reviewers on track and on time!
- A suite of innovative tools enable our editorial staff to handle articles with more care and focus, whilst delivering tremendous efficiency gains.
I had heard that it was a really well thought out process so I had high expectations. But even these high expectations were exceeded. The speed and transparency of the review process was far beyond anything I had previously experienced.
PeerJ Author
More citations
Boost the measurable impact of your work
- Open access articles receive more views and downloads and are accessed for a longer period of time than paywalled articles.
- Sharing your data boosts your citation rate.
- The way your article is published online matters - particularly the way your article page is coded for discoverability. We use the most effective metadata formats, including the Journal Article Tag Suite standard (JATS).
- Most of your readers will arrive via a database search (e.g. Google Scholar). PeerJ articles are automatically indexed in 14+ indexing and archival services to guarantee this vital traffic.
Despite being relatively new, PeerJ is a very promising journal. It was a great choice for me and with open access, I know my work can have higher visibility and reach.
Sonali Garg PeerJ Author