JMIR Publications, a leading publisher of academic journals dedicated to digital health and open science, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a three-year partnership with MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review). The collaboration will focus on integrating MetaROR’s publish-review-curate platform with JMIR’s innovative publishing ecosystem—specifically its JMIRx overlay journal series, including JMIRx Med and JMIRx Bio.
Through this partnership, JMIR Publications and MetaROR aim to advance open science, elevate the quality and transparency of peer review, and promote robust recognition for reviewers' contributions to scientific literature. Under the agreement, JMIRx journals will welcome and expedite the editorial processing of article submissions that have undergone open peer review via MetaROR, utilizing MetaROR's comprehensive review reports to streamline the path to publication in a JMIRx journal.
"Partnering with MetaROR is a natural step forward in our ongoing mission to champion open science and transparency in scholarly publishing, particularly in the important growing field of metascience, or research on research," says Tiffany I. Leung, MD, MPH, FAMIA, Scientific Editorial Director at JMIR Publications. "Integrating MetaROR's open peer review capabilities with our JMIRx overlay series provides authors with an expedited, high-quality editorial pathway."
MetaROR has listed JMIR’s overlay journals as official partner journals on its platform. Both organizations will actively collaborate on joint community outreach and scholarly presentations to promote the long-term benefits of transparent peer review ecosystems.
"We are delighted to welcome JMIR Publications and its JMIRx journals to our network of partner journals," said Ludo Waltman, PhD, Co-Editor-in-Chief of MetaROR. "The overlay model of the JMIRx journals is well-aligned with MetaROR's commitment to preprinting and open peer review. Together, we are creating a more efficient, collaborative, and rewarding environment for researchers and reviewers alike."
About MetaROR
MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) is a publish-review-curate platform for research in the field of metaresearch. Supported by the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) and the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science (AIMOS), MetaROR serves the global metaresearch community by offering an innovative approach to scholarly publishing fully aligned with open science principles.
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