[Discuss] A new journal, The Journal of Open Engineering

[Wouter Tebbens]

Kudos! I love the process you set up and will encourage others to contribute.

El 3 de junio de 2016 23:17:17 CEST, alicia <amgibb at gmail.com> escribió:
>Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
>
>On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Berg, Devin <bergdev at uwstout.edu>
>wrote:
>
>> Wanted to bring to your attention a new journal that myself and a few
>> others are working on launching called The Journal of Open
>Engineering
>> <http://www.tjoe.org/>. It is a no-fee, open access journal for
>> engineering built on top of the recently announced PubPub
>> <http://www.pubpub.org/> platform out of MIT. Through the PubPub
>> platform, articles are submitted and published immediately and then
>> reviewers can be invited to review the article. Once the article has
>been
>> reviewed and appropriately edited to the journal’s standards, it is
>> featured as a publication in the journal. The goal behind this
>approach is
>> to allow for immediate publication (similar to a preprint server) but
>add
>> on top a transparent peer review process.
>>
>> The PubPub platform provides a unique interface for collaborative
>writing
>> using Markdown with plugins for additional features. Publications can
>be
>> rich, evolving and contain live content. This is exciting for
>engineering
>> as this means we can now integrate content such as 3D visualizations,
>> animations, designs, computational models, and live code! Personally
>I find
>> these features really exciting as designs and models are currently
>often
>> presented in "dead" figures, and codes referred to simply with
>statements
>> like "using custom code". I think this has potential for publishing
>open
>> hardware designs as a greater array of design documentation can be
>> integrated into the publication itself. PubPub itself is open source
>and
>> evolving and therefore the TJOE can also evolve and be shaped to
>enable new
>> content and features in the future.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry for being a little longwinded.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Devin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Devin Berg Ph.D.
>>
>> Associate Professor
>>
>> Program Director
>>
>> Mechanical Engineering
>>
>> 330 Fryklund Hall
>>
>> Engineering & Technology Dept.
>>
>> University of Wisconsin – Stout
>>
>> 715/232-1133
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>-- 
>Cheers,
>Alicia Gibb
>CEO, Lunchbox Electronics <http://www.lunchboxelectronics.com/>
>Executive Director, Open Source Hardware Association
><http://www.oshwa.org/>
>Director, Blow Things Up Lab <http://www.btulab.com/>
>Author, Building Open Source Hardware
><https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13220>
>
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>and refrain from checking it outside of work hours and weekends. Thank
>you
>for your patience.
>
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