Although I feel the high rejection rate in many journals is a problem, I do not want to sacrifice quality. All articles will be peer reviewed in detail by a subject editor, but without the pressure to reject. If the paper meets the minimum standards, and the authors successfully respond to the review (decision of editor) the paper will be published. A discussion forum will be associated with each article, and this should facilitate further “review”/interactions. I would like to create a long list of subject editors (>100) so that each editor would not review more than 2-3 articles per year. Would you be willing to review 2-3 articles per year for this journal?
Another important concern is that many institutions use ISI- impact factor for evaluation purposes. Some e-journals such as PLOS Biology (14.7) and Ecology and Society (3.9) have high impact factors, but if this journal publishes many papers, papers in different languages, and papers without a strong conceptual component it will probably have a low impact factor. Personally, I believe that the impact of each article is more important than the mean of all articles in a journal. What this journal could provide are other measures of impact of each article (e.g. number of times it is viewed, downloaded, and cited, and the number of comments).
What needs to be done to attract submissions from you?
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I like this model very much, and would be very happy to participate as a subject editor. The review of 2-3 articles per year is a reasonable work load.
I do believe that aiming to achieve ISI listing is key. This would provide a very strong incentive for publishing in Tropical Conservation. I don't know what it takes to be included in the Web of Science, but it would be key to find out.
Sure, other forms of article tracking are appearing on the Internet, and they may eventually substitute ISI impact factors. But that has not happened yet.
(1) I think that your ideas are possibly fruitful; however, I think that, in order to maximize the success of such an initiative, it is important to evaluate the costs and benefits of all factors related to online scientific publication.
(2) Bob Peet, ecologist, of the biology department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has a "white paper" discussing a number of the topic that you raise. I am confident that he would be willing to share this document with you and with this blog.
(3) Have you considered the impact and/or viability of existing journals in Latin America (e.g., Mastozoologia Neotropical)?
2-3 papers a year should not be a burden for most and I would be willing to contribute at least that to the project. In regards to the impact factor of the journal I would like to see the format be English with abstracts (perhaps extended) in an additional language(s). Hopefully the interactive nature of an open-source journal will overcome some of the short comings associated with an English only format. For those who English is not a first language there could perhaps be an editorial assistance program similar to what the Journal of Field Ornithology has. Also, I would like to see a separate quantitative review for submissions, which I feel would greatly increase the quality of the journal and its impact factor.
The amount of papers to review sounds reasonable. I would also add a time limit (1 month?) for review of a paper.
I don't think the traditional impact factor will continue to hold on much longer, at least not as a monopoly. I've heard of some indices proposed for scientists, but probably the best way to promote a change is by a professional society or several.
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