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

Published: July 21, 2017, 5 a.m.

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.

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Here's some of what they cover:

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  • PeerJ\u2019s model and how it got started
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  • What goes into running a journal
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  • Impact factors vs. low-cost publishing
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  • When the journal user experience is too good
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  • Getting a quick reviewer turnaround
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  • The need scientists to change their practices (not publishers)
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  • PeerJ\u2019s membership model
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  • Glamour journals
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  • Future plans for PeerJ
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  • Predatory journals
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  • Researchers don\u2019t want cheap journals, only impact factors
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Links

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

Special Guest: Jason Hoyt.

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