an innovative new publishing model for interdisciplinary research
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An Innovative New Publishing Model for Interdisciplinary Research
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• To recognize and emphasize the importance of interdisciplinarity to the scientific enterprise
• To create carefully structured content that combines the best features of online reference works and review journals
• To confer appropriate professional and scientific credit on contributing authors
Goals of the WIREs model
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Assembling the building blocks…
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Scholarly stature
Structure & coverage
Professional credit & visibility
Dynamic content
Branding & templating
Society partnerships
Breadth of readership
Collaborativeethos
Discoverability
Highlights research
at the interfaces of the
traditional disciplines
New and updated
content added
monthly
Full abstracting and
indexing
Impact factors
World-class editorship
Meticulous peer review
Encyclopedic structure
Comprehensive
coverage
Article types cater to
different readership levels
Consistent, high-
quality, templated
content
Powerful model for
co-development with
learned societies
Strong branding,
indexing, global
profile drive online
visibility and discovery
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• Online serial publications with impact factors
• Encyclopedic structure
• Article types catering to different readerships
• New and updated content
• Unique WIREs model and brand
• High profile in numerous research disciplines
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Library Community Feedback
• “Our institution is REALLY acting on [the interdisciplinary] premise. We are in the early phases of a capital development plan designed specifically to stimulate interdisciplinary interactions among our research staff…. Go for it.” — Carol Feltes, University Librarian, Rockefeller University
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Research Community Feedback: WIREs Nanomedicine and
Nanobiotechnology
• “This resource could be very helpful for scientists from diverse backgrounds to learn about emerging research themes in nanomedicine, as well as stimulate new developments.” — David Thompson, Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University
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Editor in Chief: James R. BakerJanuary 2009
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Research Community Feedback: WIREs Computational Statistics
• “A really great and very timely idea.” — Louise Ryan, Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health
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Editors in Chief: Edward Wegman, Yasmin Said, and David ScottMarch 2009
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Research Community Feedback:WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine
• “Very forward looking… I approve wholeheartedly.” — Peter Hunter, Director, Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland
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Editors in Chief: Joseph H. Nadeau and Shankar SubramaniamJune 2009
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Research Community Feedback: WIREs Cognitive Science
• “Given the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive science, publications of this kind are not just appropriate, but essential.” — Max Coltheart, Professor of Psychology, Macquarie University
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Editor in Chief: Lynn NadelJune 2009
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Research Community Feedback: WIREs Computational Molecular
Science
• “This sounds like an excellent initiative in the online publishing area.” — Robert Glen, Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
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Editor in Chief: Peter SchreinerSeptember 2009
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Research Community Feedback:WIREs Climate Change
• “I think it is an intriguing idea. It is clear that you have given the implementation details a lot of thought. I think it is a concept whose time has come.” — Greg Flato, Chief, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
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Editor in Chief: Mike HulmePublished in association with the Royal Meteorological Society and
the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)January 2010
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