Peer Community In and Peer Community Journal: two open-access tools for more transparent and cost-effective evaluations and publications

As part of UM’s Open Science policy, UM’s Research Support Team is launchinga series of webinarsfor the scientific community.

These short workshops (20 to 40 minutes of presentation followed by a discussion period) will alternate between theoretical presentations and practical demonstrations on open science, scientific publications, and research data.

The webinar on April 2, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., will be presented by Denis Bourguet, an INRAE researcher and co-founder of PCI, on the topic: Peer Community In & Peer Community Journal, two open-access tools for more transparent and less expensive evaluations and publications

The Peer Community In (PCI) initiative aims to revolutionize the scientific publishing process by creating communities of researchers who evaluate and recommend preprints in their respective fields. This initiative, which is free for authors and readers, aims to reduce the costs associated with publishing while ensuring the robustness and transparency of the editorial process. A PCI’s recommendation of a preprint does not prevent authors from submitting it to a traditional journal, particularly to “PCI-friendly journals” that take PCI evaluations into account. Furthermore, Peer Community Journal (PCJ) allows authors who wish to do so to publish their recommended preprints for free and with open access.

Since 2017, 17 PCI platforms have been created, involving more than 2,000 publishers and around 100 “PCI-friendly journals.” Since 2024, researchers have been able to submit their preprints to these various PCI platforms directly through the HAL portal. PCI and PCJ are recognized and supported by more than 150 scientific organizations and institutions.

Watch all past webinars on YouTube