摘要：

目的 为更好地促进我国科技期刊包括OA期刊的发展提供借鉴。 方法 从eLife网站导出其创刊至2014年的文章数据分析其发文量及发文学科,电话采访eLife作者、审稿编辑了解其审稿流程及特点,挑选30篇文章请6位专家评价其学术水平。结果 eLife审稿特色在于审稿人之间可以交流互动,审稿编辑归纳最终的评审意见,送审至接受平均时间在90天之内,其发文学术水平相当于PNAS。结论 eLfie采用专家办刊模式,调动科学家的积极性,为作者提供优质服务,同时打造了简单实用的期刊平台,但其花费巨大,后续如何维持其可持续性发展我们拭目以待。

关键词: eLife, 办刊模式, 平台功能, 学术质量, 可持续性发展

Abstract:

[Purpose] To help to improve the scientific journal development in China,we performed an analysis of eLife,a recently launched open access journal.[Methodology] We analyzed the paper output and subject classification using data from eLife website,learned their peer-review ing process by interview ing authors,review ing editor and referees of eLife,and invited 6 experts inmolecular cell biology to evaluate 30 papers selected from eLife random ly.[Findings] eLife has established a new approach to peer review,during which referees have the opportunity to discuss their comments before the editorial decision ismade.A review ing editor oversees the whole peer-review process and assembles all comments into a single decision letter that clearly state additional data required for the revised manuscript.On average it takes about90 days from subm ission to acceptance.The academ ic quality of papers in eLife is sim ilar to that of PNAS.[Conclusions] eLife adopts a consultation session among the review ing editors and referees,which greatly facilitates the decision process and provides a better experience for authors.It w ill be interesting to see whether its operation model is sustainable in the future.

Key words: eLife, Operationmodel, Platform, Academ ic quality, Sustainable development