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

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.

Here's some of what they cover:

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

Links

• PeerJ: https://peerj.com
• The Phoenix project: https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business-ebook/dp/B00AZRBLHO
• The Goal: https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement-ebook/dp/B002LHRM2O/ref=pd_sim_351_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=EMTE1M9W2XW5Q24X4GE8

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

Special Guest: Jason Hoyt.

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