eLife
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| Discipline | Biomedicine, life sciences |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Randy Schekman |
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eLife Sciences Publications
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Publication history
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2012–present |
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| License | CC-BY 3.0, CC-BY 4.0 and CC0 |
| 9.322 | |
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| ISSN | 2050-084X |
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eLife is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal for the biomedical and life sciences. It was sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Max Planck Society, and Wellcome Trust following a workshop held in 2010 at the Janelia Farm Research Campus. It was established at the end of 2012.[1][2] In the first year the journal published 287 papers, of which 182 were research papers, 71 were "insights", and 12 were corrections.[3]
The editor-in-chief is Randy Schekman (University of California, Berkeley); deputy editors are Fiona Watt (King's College London), Detlef Weigel (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology) and Eve Marder (Brandeis University).[4][5] Editorial decisions are made largely by senior editors and members of eLife's board of reviewing editors; all of whom all active scientists working in fields ranging from human genetics and neuroscience to biophysics and epidemiology.[6]
Impact factor[edit]
eLife's first impact factor, for 2013, was 8.519. The journal's impact factor for 2014 is 9.322. However, eLife claims that they will not promote their impact factor.[citation needed]
eLife Podcast[edit]
The eLife Podcast is produced by BBC Radio presenter and Cambridge University consultant virologist Dr Chris Smith, who also leads and founded the popular science radio programme, website and podcast The Naked Scientists.
eLife digests[edit]
All research articles published in the journal include an "eLife digest", a non-technical summary of the research findings aimed at a lay audience. Since December 2014, eLife has been sharing a selection of the digests on the blog publishing platform Medium.[7] As of July 2015, more than 100 eLife digests have been shared on Medium.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "eLife", a new open access journal, Wellcome Trust, retrieved 10 April 2012
- ^ Matt McGrath (10 April 2012), Trust pushes for open access to research, BBC
- ^ Looked up via the journal's browse page on 21 Oct 2013.
- ^ Freya Boardman-Pretty (5 November 2011), "Open-access science journal leaves editing to the experts", Times Higher Education
- ^ eLife welcomes new Deputy Editor, 1 May 2015
- ^ Communicating the latest advances in life science and biomedicine, eLife, retrieved 6 October 2015
- ^ eLife is now on Medium, retrieved 2 March 2015
- ^ One hundred eLife digests shared on Medium, retrieved 21 September 2015
External links[edit]
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