The acceptance rate of our journals is always going to be a moving target – it changes based on the time period over which we are reporting and can vary significantly between subject areas. For PeerJ - our journal of life and environmental research - and for PeerJ...
A PeerJ PrePrint – so just what is that exactly?
Ever looked at the PeerJ website and wondered what a PrePrint is? Or noticed your colleagues have published a PrePrint with PeerJ and wondered about the difference between a PrePrint and a peer-reviewed article? Well wonder no more - we are here to demystify the...
Our most highly cited articles … so far
Since PeerJ first opened its doors we have always recognised that our authors publish their research to gain global exposure for their findings, and to pass to others the benefits of their insight. This in turn aides reproducibility and speeds up the process of...
Announcing a new PeerJ Spotlight Collection for our Bioinformatics Articles
We are pleased to announce the creation of a new Spotlight Collection for Bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is a vibrant field of study which makes significant use of areas such as computer science, statistics, mathematics and engineering to study biological data. Given...
PeerJ publishes 1,000th article – another milestone in our publishing history
Today we are in a celebratory mood at PeerJ as we have reached yet another milestone in our publishing history - our 1,000th peer-reviewed article published today: “Can endocranial volume be estimated accurately from external skull measurements in great-tailed...
Win one of two $250 PeerJ Travel Grants – fund your next research trip or conference attendance!
As sponsors of the ARCS: Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship currently taking place today and tomorrow in Philadelphia, we specifically asked the...
A new voice for scholarly communication – PeerJ sponsors Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship (ARCS), Philadelphia, April 26-28
PeerJ is proud to be sponsoring and taking part in the forthcoming ARCS: Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship (Philadelphia, April 26-28), a new conference dedicated to bringing together different voices - scholars,...
A case of dinosaur cannibalism? Tyrannosaurus bites into the world’s news …
Last week was a big week for paleontology articles in PeerJ - first there was news that Brontosaurus is back, then two days later we published an article on Tyrannosaurus bite marks: Pre- and postmortem tyrannosaurid bite marks on the remains of Daspletosaurus...
Brontosaurus is back! Take a look at the big splash it made in the news …
Last week we published a huge article in more ways than one: A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda). Not only was the article large in size at almost 300 pages and 150 figures, but also it made a huge...
“Why I believe in Open Access and what it means to me” David McCune, Director at SAGE Publications
With just over one week passing since our two year anniversary of PeerJ publishing articles and the opening of peer-review submissions to PeerJ Computer Science, we took this opportunity to ask David McCune, Director at SAGE Publications, to outline his thoughts...