The Winnower was a publishing platform and journal that offered traditional scholarly publishing tools (Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), permanent archival, Altmetrics, PDF creation, etc.) to enable rigorous scholastic discussion of topics across all areas of intellectual inquiry, whether in the sciences, humanities, public policy, or otherwise. Between 2014 and 2016, ''The Winnower'' published and archived the following:
* Student Essays
* Conference Proceedings
* Peer Reviews
* Theses
* Grants
* Book Reviews
* Journal Clubs
* How-to's
* Lab notes
* Scholarly reddit AMAs
* Foldscope Images
* Blog posts
* Original research
* Open Letters.
History
The Winnower was founded by Dr. Joshua Nicholson. It went live on May 27, 2014, with a primary focus of publishing scientific research, but expanded its scope to include a diverse set of topics spanning the humanities, social sciences, science policy, and professional commentaries, to name just a few. As of April 2016 it had over 1,000 publications from 4,500+ authors around the world.
In November 2016, it was announced that the publishing platform
Authorea
Authorea is an online collaborative writing tool that allows researchers to write, cite, collaborate, host data and publish. It has been described as " Google Docs for Scientists".
It has been owned by the commercial publishing company Wiley throu ...
had bought The Winnower. New submissions were then stopped, with the site directing authors to Authorea. The site has been largely inactive but archived since 2016.
Authorea
Authorea is an online collaborative writing tool that allows researchers to write, cite, collaborate, host data and publish. It has been described as " Google Docs for Scientists".
It has been owned by the commercial publishing company Wiley throu ...
was in turn purchased by one of the 'big 5' academic publishers,
Wiley
Wiley may refer to:
Locations
* Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town
* Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S.
* Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany
People
* Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer
* Wiley Mil ...
, in 2018.
Post-publication Peer Review
The Winnower offered
post-publication peer review
Scholarly peer review or academic peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of having a draft version of a researcher's Scholarly method, methods and Research, findings reviewed (usually anonymously) by experts (or "peers") in the sa ...
.
After submission, the paper was immediately made visible online, and was open for public, non-anonymous reviews by registered members of The Winnower community. Articles could be revised indefinitely until the author chose to "freeze" a final version and purchase a
digital object identifier
A digital object identifier (DOI) is a persistent identifier or handle used to uniquely identify various objects, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). DOIs are an implementation of the Handle System; they a ...
.
See also
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Authorea
Authorea is an online collaborative writing tool that allows researchers to write, cite, collaborate, host data and publish. It has been described as " Google Docs for Scientists".
It has been owned by the commercial publishing company Wiley throu ...
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Scholarly peer review
Scholarly peer review or academic peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of having a draft version of a researcher's methods and findings reviewed (usually anonymously) by experts (or "peers") in the same field. Peer review is w ...
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F1000Research
F1000 (formerly "Faculty of 1000") is an open research publisher for scientists, scholars, and clinical researchers. F1000 offers a different research evaluation service from standard academic journals by offering peer-review after, rather than b ...
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Journal club
A journal club is a group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles in the academic literature, such as the scientific literature, medical literature, or philosophy literature. Journal clubs are usually organized ar ...
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Conference Proceedings
In academia and librarianship, conference proceedings is a collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference or workshop. Conference proceedings typically contain the contributions made by researchers at the conferen ...
References
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Publications established in 2014
Academic journal online publishing platforms