Everything Hertz

48: Breaking up with the impact factor (with Jason Hoyt)

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Dan and James are joined by Jason Hoyt, who is the CEO and co-founder of PeerJ, an open access journal for the biological and medical sciences.

Here's some of what they cover:

  • PeerJ’s model and how it got started
  • What goes into running a journal
  • Impact factors vs. low-cost publishing
  • When the journal user experience is too good
  • Getting a quick reviewer turnaround
  • The need scientists to change their practices (not publishers)
  • PeerJ’s membership model
  • Glamour journals
  • Future plans for PeerJ
  • Predatory journals
  • Researchers don’t want cheap journals, only impact factors

    • Links

    • PeerJ: https://peerj.com
    • The Phoenix project: https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business-ebook/dp/B00AZRBLHO
    • The Goal: https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement-ebook/dp/B002LHRM2O/ref=pd_sim_351_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=EMTE1M9W2XW5Q24X4GE8

      • Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

      Special Guest: Jason Hoyt.

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