The ''Research Ideas and Outcomes'' (RIO) is a journal claimed to be both
peer-reviewed
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, and
open-access
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, published by
Pensoft Publishers
Pensoft Publishers (also known as: Pensoft) are a publisher of scientific literature based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pensoft was founded in 1992, by two academics: Lyubomir Penev and Sergei Golovatch. It has published over 1000 academic and professional ...
, stating a goal to promote transparency, reliability, and effectiveness in
scientific research
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.
Since its 2015 launch, the journal has been widely noticed on social media, with the proposal to publish practically any serious-looking submission being questioned.
History
The journal was established in 2015 with the idea of publishing research outputs of different kinds including computer programs, experimental data, and analysis workflows. One year after its foundation, it received a SPARC Innovator Award from the
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
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for its work in encouraging transparency in science.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
ProQuest databases.
See also
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Open science
*
Open research
Open research is research that is openly accessible and modifiable by others. The central theme of open research is to make clear accounts of research methods freely available via the internet, along with any data or results extracted or derived ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://riojournal.com/
Open access journals
Pensoft Publishers academic journals
Publications established in 2015
English-language journals
Continuous journals