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Sciety

eLife
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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About

Launched: 2020
Record Updated: Nov 15, 2024
Discovery system
Peer review system
Sciety is a platform that enhances scholarly communication by promoting community peer evaluation of preprints.
We do this through partnerships with organisations and communities that provide highlights, public reviews and recommendations helping researchers and readers assess the quality and relevance of early-stage research.
Sciety aggregates evaluation content, facilitating multiple community evaluations of the same work.
We utilise the DocMaps and COAR notify protocols to create a machine readable history of the preprint and the evaluation process, so that the act of peer evaluation can be recognised and rewarded as valuable scholarly activity.
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Mission

Sciety's mission is to foster trust and transparency in early-stage research by bringing together community-driven peer evaluation initiatives, and ensuring that their contributions are recognised as essential to scholarly communication. We aim to provide researchers with meaningful insights into preprints while building a connected and open ecosystem for research evaluation.
We envision a world where the scientific publishing community thrives on a culture of rapid, open exchange, where the quality and impact of research are amplified by ongoing constructive dialogue and community engagement — and where those contributions are recognised and rewarded.

Key Achievements

Sciety is now home to 35,000 evaluated preprints, with evaluations from 26 community peer evaluation initiatives through 17 organisational partnerships.
This year we increased readership of preprints via the platform by 100%, increased the use of lists as signals of trust in the research by 150% and introduced a custom AI integration to surface related preprints to readers.

Technical Attributes

Maintenance Status

Actively Maintained

Open Code Repository

Implemented
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Technical Documentation

Implemented
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Code License

Implemented
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Open API

Implemented
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Open Data Statement

Implemented
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Open Product Roadmap

Implemented
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Technical Attribute Statements

Programming Languages

  • typescript

Technology Readiness Level

  • Actual system proven in operational environment

Code Licenses Used

  • MIT License

Content Licensing

  • Creative commons licenses

Standards

Persistent Identifier

DOI

Policies & Governance

Policies

Privacy Policy

Implemented
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Governance Structure & Processes

Implemented
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Policy Statements

Board Structure

  • Multi-board governance

Board Level

The purview of the board is as follows:
Fixing number of directors
Approval of budget
Selection and approval of EiC and other board directors
Entering into agreements that bind the company into the liability of others
Mergers, sales assignments or transfer of assets
Creation of a subsidiary
Approval of compensation for directors
Change of the corporation status

Community Governance

  • Formal

Additional Information

Organizational History

https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/daf1b699/elife-latest-announcing-a-new-technology-direction

Organizational Structure

Business or Ownership Model

Non-profit organization

Full-time Staff

1-5

Volunteers

0

Non-profit Status

501(c)3

Current Affiliations

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Wellcome Trust

Funding

Primary Funding Source

  • Contributions

Financial Reporting Level

  • Provider

Funding Needs

Sciety requires £1m per year in baseline funding with additional funding for accelerating functionality and specific project funding.
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