Abstract
Sci (ISSN 2413-4155) is an international, open-access journal that covers most fields of scientific research. It has set out to challenge the conventional single- and double-blind peer review processes by adopting a post-publication public peer review (P4R) model. The model faced some difficulties with indexing and archiving services, prolongated the peer review process and its transparency received some opposition. It was therefore necessary to revisit the P4R model and modify it, resulting in the hybrid model (P4R hybrid) which is implemented in Sci today. Sci remains open to the whole scientific community as an inclusive and multidisciplinary scientific journal. In this context, we present you with six valuable contributions to the first Special Issue of Feature Papers Editors Collection 2020. The topics of the contributions address relevant and compelling issues ranging from data protection, material science, COVID-19 to the environment and climate change.
Highlights
Sci (ISSN 2413-4155) is an international, open-access journal that covers most fields of scientific research
It was envisioned that Sci may become one of the first scientific journals to implement a star-rating-like tool where the entire scientific community could engage freely and openly in deciding the value and scientific significance of a manuscript after publication [3]
The P4R model has removed many of the barriers set by the conventional single- and double-blind peer review systems
Summary
Authors can choose to render their results and findings available and reusable by the scientific community prior to peer review This partnership between Sci and Preprints resolved the archiving and indexing difficulties and meant that the journal would be on the right path to acquiring scientometric indices. The including soundness and proper reporting, togetherthis with the P4R hybrid model provide a welcoming environment for authors who are fed up and weary of the rigid and sometimes arbitrary single- and double-blind peer review systems. Sci wishes to foster an atmosphere for collaborative, inter- and cross-disciplinary research to tackle the main challenges facing us today, such as energy, food, water, climate, and health In this context, we would like to present to you the valuable contributions to the first Special Issue of Feature Papers Editors Collection 2020. We present to you the valuable contributions from the first “Feature Papers Editors Collection” Special Issue, and in the last section, we briefly conclude
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