Abstract
Since Research Ideas and Outcomes was launched in late 2015, it has stimulated experimentation around the publication of and engagement with research processes, especially those with a strong open science component. Here, we zoom in on the first 300 RIO articles that have been published and elucidate how they relate to the different stages and variants of the research cycle, how they help address societal challenges and what forms of engagement have evolved around these resources, most of which have a nature and scope that would prevent them from entering the scholarly record via more traditional journals. Building on these observations, we describe some changes we recently introduced in the policies and peer review process at RIO to further facilitate engagement with the research process, including the establishment of an article collections feature that allows us to bring together research ideas and outcomes from within one research cycle or across multiple ones, irrespective of where they have been published.
Highlights
RIO’s mission is to publish the research process, to facilitate engagement with both the process and its outcomes and to highlight how the research published this way relates to societal challenges (Mietchen et al 2015)
While there are some steady developments in this direction, much of the observable progress was triggered by disruptive events, such as the Ebola and Zika epidemics and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
We explore some of the key developments in RIO over the last few years, how they relate to societal challenges and how RIO can continue to stimulate experimentation in this space by launching exciting new features and opportunities for researchers, projects, institutions, funders and readers
Summary
RIO’s mission is to publish the research process, to facilitate engagement with both the process and its outcomes and to highlight how the research published this way relates to societal challenges (Mietchen et al 2015) When it was launched, such framing was very unusual for a scholarly journal. At RIO, we will continue to emphasise innovation for the benefit of the research ecosystem, rather than just a few individual players In this editorial, we explore some of the key developments in RIO over the last few years, how they relate to societal challenges and how RIO can continue to stimulate experimentation in this space by launching exciting new features and opportunities for researchers, projects, institutions, funders and readers. Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS): Building a data-driven framework to inform policy (Vanderhoeven et al 2017)
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