Pensoft Journal System1.0 2.0⇒

Lyubomir Penev, Jordan Biserkov,

Teodor Georgiev, Pavel Stoev

Pro-iBiosphere Workshop, 11-15 February 2013, LeidenViBRANT

WHAT IS THE PJS?

What is the PJS?

Online platform for:•Authoring via Pensoft Writing Tool

(PWT)•Peer-review• Editing•Publishing•Disseminationof scientific papers

Pensoft Writing Tool (PWT)

The manuscript of the future

Today!

(almost)

REVIEWERS TYPES IN PJS 2.0

Nominated reviewerReceives a formal request• Cancelled if not responded to with N daysExpected to submit a thorough reviewCan edit and comment onlineHas an individual due-dateReminded via email if late

Panel reviewersReceive a notification• No obligation is taken up or impliedEncouraged to submit a reviewCan commentHave a common due-dateCan’t work on manuscript after due-dateNot reminded via email

REVIEW PROCESSES IN PJS 2.0

Review processes in PJS 2.0

Non-peer review

Review processes in PJS 2.0

Closed peer-review

Non-peer review

Review processes in PJS 2.0

Community peer-review

Closed peer-review

Non-peer review

Review processes in PJS 2.0

Public peer-review

Community peer-review

Closed peer-review

Non-peer review

FeedbackDecision

Public + PR + NR SE

Panel Reviewers + NR SE

Nominated Reviewers SE

Subject Editor

MARKUP

Upfront OR In-House markup ?

We have both of them!

• PJS 1.0 + PMT

• PWT + PJS 2.0

The journal decides which one to offer

Then the authors choose

What formats does PJS 2.0 use?

XML inXML outXML throughoutThe humans never see it!They read the web pageor download the PDF

Just to make this really clear

Author DO NOT DO markup in PWT!

They just write their manuscripts

the PWT DOES the markup for them

BENEFITS FOR AUTHORS

Benefits for authorsAll versions of the manuscript stored onlineFaster, better peer-reviewsCan suggested reviewersSimplified interfaceNo software to install, totally web basedArticle parts are marked-up, not trapped in a

monolithic publication.Article parts are stored in appropriate worldwide

databases

BENEFITS FOR REVIEWERS

Benefits for reviewers

Easy on-line editingCredit for reviews – option to

publish the review alongside the article

Simplified interface, no-nonsense dashboard, clear due dates

Email reminders

BENEFITS FOR JOURNALS

Benefits for journalsPer journal settings for • manuscript types• review process types• due dates• file-based or/and web-based workflow

Technical excellence United user (authors, reviewers, editors) base across

the different journals. Journals benefit from each other.

Frequently Asked Questions by society journals that want to move to advanced open access publishing

http://www.pensoft.net/FAQ-by-society-journals

Work flow

Reviewer 1

Reviewer 2

EditorAuthor

Document flow

Author’sversionn

Reviewer 1versionn

Reviewer 2versionn

copy

copy

Reviewer 1versionn

Reviewer 2Vversionn

edit

edit

MergedVversionn

Subject Editorversionn

merge

merge

Accept/Rejectchanges, edit

Decision,revisions

THANK YOU FOR

YOUR ATTENTION!