[BOAI] eLife selects HighWire to build and host anticipated new open-access journal

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Bonnie Zavon at Highwire, via the ScholComm list.  --Peter
Suber.]


 *eLife selects HighWire to build and host anticipated new open-access
journal

*CAMBRIDGE, UK and STANFORD, CA | June 12, 2012

eLife, the new funder-researcher collaboration in science communication,
has selected HighWire Press as the platform for its new open‐access journal
for life and biomedical science.

(http://www.elifesciences.org/12-0612)

First announced in summer 2011, eLife is a researcher-led initiative for
the best in science and science communication. Backed by the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society, and the Wellcome Trust, the
initiative's first aim is to launch an open-access journal for outstanding
advances in life science and biomedicine, which is also a platform for
experimentation and showcasing innovation in research communication.

"To further our goals to serve science and scientists with our journal, it
is essential that we select a technology platform that provides a solid
foundation, but is also flexible and makes it possible to do more with
research content," said Randy Schekman, the Editor-in-Chief of eLife.
"We're confident that HighWire is the right technology partner for eLife."

eLife will take full advantage of HighWire's Open Platform, its strategic
consulting services, and community networking opportunities. The powerful
technology behind the platform offers eLife the flexibility to use
open-source tools such as Drupal to develop the front-end display – to
create widgets, mobile versions, interactive commentary, semantic
enrichment, and more.

"HighWire's deployment of open-source technology, commitment to
interoperability, and enthusiasm to work with third-party developers gives
eLife tremendous opportunities to explore new territory in research
communication," added Ian Mulvany, eLife's Head of Technology. "We want
eLife to become a catalyst for innovation – attracting and facilitating
experimentation by the research community."

"The HighWire Open Platform is designed for innovative publishers to find
new ways to reach their audience," said Tom Rump, Managing Director of
HighWire. "We welcome the excitement this project brings to our
co‐development team, and are thrilled to be an active participant in
advancing the conversation in the pursuit and exchange of knowledge."

"HighWire is an established player hosting some of the most important
journals in the world, and supporting a publishing community where open
access is on the rise," added Mark Patterson, eLife Managing Executive
Editor. "We look forward to working with our colleagues to share
experiences and best practices as we find our ways ahead in this exciting
and ever-changing environment."

For more information about eLife, visit http://www.elifesciences.org

For more news from HighWire, visit http://highwire.stanford.edu/news/

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Media contacts

Jennifer McLennan, eLife
j.mclennan at elifesciences.org
+1‐202‐631‐8854

Bonnie Zavon, HighWire
bzavon at stanford.edu
+1‐650‐723‐0522

*About eLife*
eLife is a unique collaboration between the funders and practitioners of
research to communicate ground‐breaking discoveries in the life and
biomedical sciences in the most effective way. Set for launch in late 2012,
the eLife journal will be a platform for maximising the reach and influence
of new discoveries and to showcase new approaches to the presentation, use,
and assessment of research. As an open-access journal, eLife will deliver
access to content for free, online, immediately on publication, and will
encourage maximum possible reach and utility of the content by publishing
under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which is
emerging as the gold standard for open‐access publishing. Learn more at
elifesciences.org

*About HighWire*
At the forefront of strategic scholarly publishing, HighWire Press provides
digital content development and hosting solutions to the scholarly
publishing community. A division of the Stanford University Libraries,
HighWire partners with influential societies, university presses, and other
independent publishers, sharing ideas and innovations in publishing, and
producing definitive online versions of high-impact, peer-reviewed
journals, books, reference works, and other scholarly content. The
underlying infrastructure of the HighWire Open Platform is
Web‐services-oriented, flexible, and permeable, allowing publishers to
easily layer new software and services on their sites to meet the
ever‐changing needs of today's online and mobile readers.
highwire.stanford.edu | Twitter @highwirepress
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