Hi academic friends,

[martinslavik@fediscience.org]

Hi academic friends,

I’ve just received an invitation to review a paper for the journal PeerJ https://peerj.com/

Do you have any experience with this journal/publisher?
It has an impact factor and is indexed in the usual databases. It seems to have even won some awards. I couldn’t find it on any lists of predatory journals.

But… I hadn’t heard of it before, and some aspects feel a bit suspicious to me.
Any experiences? Thanks!

#academicchatter #peerreview #academia

[drevangowan@fediscience.org]

@martinslavik I also have never heard of it. Why do people submit papers to obscure journals, what is the benefit?

[paulbalduf@mathstodon.xyz]

@martinslavik This journal is not in my field, so I don't know it, but on the website it says it's published by Taylor and Francis.

[martinslavik@fediscience.org]

@DrEvanGowan
One possible benefit, especially with a project deadline approaching: the first decision comes in about a month. In my field, it used to be around three months. It’s getting shorter, but in most journals it’s still hard to get below two months.

[dreo@social.sciences.re]

@martinslavik It is a legit mega journal, that had some buzz in the 2010s, for trying a new business model. It eventually did not succeeded in revolutionizing the for-profit approach and is now part of the classical scientific publishers industry.

Wikipedia has more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerJ

[martinslavik@fediscience.org]

@dreo
Okay, thanks!

[martinslavik@fediscience.org]

@paulbalduf
Yes, I found that since 2024 the journal is part of T&F.