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Where research informs decisions

Open-access publishing and an end-to-end journal management system — submission, peer review, decision and production, in one place.

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Peer-reviewed articles published

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For researchers

Everything from idea to indexed

Four ways in, depending on where you are.

Find a journal

Match your manuscript to an open-access journal, and see its scope, acceptance rate and time to decision before you submit.

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Find a Research Topic

Open calls for papers, led by topic editors, with published deadlines.

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Submit your research

A guided submission in five steps. Your progress is saved as you go.

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Read the archive

Every article is free to read on the day it is published. Search titles, abstracts, keywords and authors.

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Journals

One editorial standard

Every journal is fully open access and editor-led. Every article gets a permanent DOI and a landing page that will keep resolving.

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How it works

From submission to indexed, in the open

The same pipeline the editorial office runs on — visible to authors at every stage.

  1. Step 1

    Submit

    Format-free first submission. Upload the manuscript as you have it.

  2. Step 2

    Editor check

    A handling editor checks scope, ethics and integrity before review begins.

  3. Step 3

    Peer review

    Independent reviewers assess the work. Review is single-blind: their identity is withheld from you.

  4. Step 4

    Decision

    The editor decides, and tells you why, with the reviewers' comments in full.

  5. Step 5

    Production

    Typesetting, a permanent DOI, and a landing page indexed by Google Scholar and Crossref.

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Research Topics

Open calls for papers

Curated collections led by topic editors.

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Impact

Research is only useful once it is read

Every article is free to read on the day it is published — no paywall, no embargo, no exceptions. Each one carries a permanent DOI and a landing page we undertake to keep resolving.

73
Peer-reviewed articles published
36
Article views & downloads
8
Open-access issues
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