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Journal of brief ideas
1. Journal of Brief Ideas
David Harris and Steven Kryskalla
Science Hack Day SF 2013
2. The problem
The quantum of publishable research is too
large!
Perhaps five years from concept to publication
Lots of information doesn’t have a publication
home (small results, negative/null results,
germinal ideas)
Too much science is tied up in people’s heads for
too long
How can we make science more efficient?
3. The solution
More rapid, more open, briefer communication
An open access Journal of Brief Ideas (CC-BY)
Each idea limited to 200 words/one figure
Each idea has a DOI and permanence, so is
citable and attributable
Not peer-reviewed but post-publication rated
Like papers used to be 100 years ago!
4. The platform
Build the functionality of a journal on top of the
figshare platform, which provides permanence
and DOIs. They have an API through which to
operate.
A minimal model involves submission, citation,
search
5. Big issue: Discoverability
Discoverability: How do you find good ideas
among all the ideas in the journal?
Multi-prong approach: Rating system, reputation
system, recommendation engine
6. Watch for more!
www.briefideas.org
References:
Journal of Brief Ideas concept. David Harris. figshare.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.789014
Journal of Brief Ideas platform. David Harris. figshare.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.789062
