Community at PeerJ
Community and innovation have always been central to PeerJ. Last month Nathaniel Gore joined PeerJ as Director of Communities and formed a new Communities Team with Lead UX Designer Ali Adair. Here they share...
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Full fee waivers and fast-track peer review for COVID-19-related manuscripts across all PeerJ journals
In light of the urgent necessity for peer-reviewed research on COVID-19 , PeerJ is announcing a new policy aimed at speeding up the dissemination of this vital science. Following the call by Chris Chambers...
PeerJ Computer Science – Spotlight on our Awards Program for computer science researchers
The PeerJ Awards program together with the journal PeerJ Computer Science recognizes outstanding research by early career researchers across multiple subject areas within computer science. We have been pleased to be able to support the computer...
Thecodont tooth attachment and replacement in bolosaurid parareptiles: Author Interview with Adam Snyder
Today we published Thecodont tooth attachment and replacement in bolosaurid parareptiles The study examines how Bolosaurids jaws were constructed revealing unusual patterns of tooth development and replacement. We spoke to Author Adam Snyder to find...
Virtual conferences and PeerJ Awards — science goes on!
Rigorous science continues and we are pleased to continue recognizing it within the PeerJ Awards program. We are cheering on all efforts by authors and researchers during these challenging times. Many conferences are of...
How does variation in rate and mode of evolution of different anatomical regions affect phylogenetic analyses of mammals? Author interview with Neil Brocklehurst and Gemma Louise Benevento
Last month we published Dental characters used in phylogenetic analyses of mammals show higher rates of evolution, but not reduced independence by Neil Brocklehurst and Gemma Louise Benevento Here we talk to the authors about their research...
Announcing a new initiative to help speed the peer review of COVID-19 articles
PeerJ is pleased to announce that we are joining several other scholarly publishers in a new initiative to maximize the efficiency of peer review, to help ensure that key work related to COVID-19 is...
World Penguin Day: Dr. Dee Boersma shares her knowledge (from 50 years of research) and love of penguins with us!
Today is World Penguin Day, an educative initiative that encourages people to learn more about penguins, their environment, and how important they are to the ecosystem. The celebratory day also coincides with the annual...
Insights into the kinematics of blue whale surface foraging through drone observations and prey data: Author Interview with Leigh Torres
Today we published Insight into the kinematics of blue whale surface foraging through drone observations and prey data. The research suggests that feeding at the ocean’s surface appears to play an important role in...
A strange new holometabolan larva with beak-like mouthparts: Author Interview with Joachim Haug
PeerJ recently published An unusual 100-million-year old holometabolan larva with a piercing mouth cone. The research describes finding an odd new larva preserved in Burmese amber with beak-like mouthparts, extremely rare among larval forms. Here...
A new genus and species of long-neck plesiosaur from the Arctic: Author interview with Aubrey Roberts
Last week we published A new plesiosaurian from the Jurassic–Cretaceous transitional interval of the Slottsmøya Member (Volgian), with insights into the cranial anatomy of cryptoclidids using computed tomography The research describes the exciting discovery of...
New species of Combtooth blenny found in the Central Pacific: Author interview with Mykle Hoban
We published a new biodiversity paper last week alerting the world to a brand new species of fish: ‘Cirripectes matatakaro, a new species of combtooth blenny from the Central Pacific, illuminates the origins of...
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