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== Proteopedia: A new publication model == | == Proteopedia: A new publication model == | ||
Pages in Proteopedia are the result of the collaborative work of scientists around the world. During the creation of a Proteopedia page, scientists assume both the role of contributors and peer reviewers, by adding new information and correcting or improving what other scientist inserted before. | Pages in Proteopedia are the result of the collaborative work of scientists around the world. During the creation of a Proteopedia page, scientists assume both the role of contributors and peer reviewers, by adding new information and correcting or improving what other scientist inserted before. | ||
When Proteopedia's Editorial Board | When Proteopedia's Editorial Board rules that a page reaches a mature state, that page is granted a DOI, a unique identifier that will permanently point to that state of the page frozen in time. At this stage, the content of the page is equivalent to a paper publication. | ||
The page remains open for additions and further improvement, as expected in a collaborative wiki dynamic environment. When the new information and accumulated changes represent a significative improvement in the page, it can effectively be considered as a revised version of the previous published paper and will be granted a new DOI. | The page remains open for additions and further improvement, as expected in a collaborative wiki dynamic environment. When the new information and accumulated changes represent a significative improvement in the page, it can effectively be considered as a revised version of the previous published paper and will be granted a new DOI. | ||
A Proteopedia DOI points to a Proteopedia publication resulting from a rich world-wide interaction of scientists, with a dynamism and diversity not easy to obtain by exchanging traditional written documents among a restricted group of contributors. | A Proteopedia DOI points to a Proteopedia publication resulting from a rich world-wide interaction of scientists, with a dynamism and diversity not easy to obtain by exchanging traditional written documents among a restricted group of contributors. | ||
