Scientific Reports

For the informal document describing scientific research, see Technical report.
Scientific Reports  
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Sci. Rep.
Discipline Natural sciences
Language English
Edited by Suzanne Farley
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
 2011-present
Frequency Continuous
Yes
License Creative Commons Attribution
5.228
Indexing
ISSN 2045-2322
Links

Scientific Reports is an online open access scientific mega journal published by the Nature Publishing Group, covering all areas of the natural sciences. On 23 August 2016, a blog post on the Scholarly Kitchen mentioned that the journal is likely to become the largest one in the world, overtaking open access PLOS ONE [1] which indeed it possibly has. [2] In this journal a paper is not assessed based on its perceived importance, significance or impact, but it is enough to be just scientifically valid.[3]

Abstracting and indexing

Scientific Reports is abstracted and indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE and the Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's impact factor has increased from 2.927 in 2012 to 5.228 in 2015.[4]

Peer review

Scientific Reports has been described as a mega journal, conceptually similar to PLOS ONE, based on article processing charges and a peer review model emphasizing scientific quality, rather than perceived impact.[5] In 2015, an editor, Mark Maslin, resigned from Scientific Reports [6] when the journal introduced a trial of a fast-track peer-review service for biology manuscripts in exchange for an additional fee. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Davis, Phil (2016-08-23). "Scientific Reports On Track To Become Largest Journal In The World". The Scholarly Kitchen. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Mega-journals: the future, a stepping stone to it or a leap into the abyss?". Times Higher Education (THE). 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  3. ↑ "Criteria for publication". Guide to referees.
  4. ↑ "Scientific Reports". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nature's open-access offering may sound death knell for subs model". The Times Higher Education. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  6. ↑ Bohannon, John (27 March 2015). "Editor quits journal over pay-for-expedited peer-review offer". Science Insider. Science/AAAS. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Quaderi, Nandita (24 March 2015). "NPG announces fast-track service". Nature. NPG. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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