Rapid & Transparent Publishing
Rapid & Transparent Publishing
A platform for rapid author-led publication and open peer review of research funded by AMRC member charities
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Enables researchers to publish any research they wish to share, supporting reproducibility, transparency and impact
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Uses an open research publishing model: publication within days of submission, followed by open invited peer review
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Includes citations to all supporting data, enabling reanalyses, replication and reuse

Benefits for Researchers
- All types of research can be published rapidly: standard research articles, clinical trial findings, systematic reviews, study protocols, data sets, negative/null results, case reports and more
- Authors, not editors, decide when to publish and what to publish
- Authors can suggest peer reviewers most appropriate to their subject and the transparent review process permits constructive open dialogue between author and reviewer

Benefits for Research
- Rapid open access publication enables others to build upon new ideas right away, wherever and whoever they are
- Removes obstacles to collaborative research through data sharing, transparency and attribution
- Shifts the way research and researchers are evaluated by supporting research assessment based on the intrinsic value of the research rather than the venue of publication

Benefits for Society
- Maximises the value and impact of public donations by enabling publication of all aspects of charity funded research
- Makes research results freely available to everyone, including those living with and affected by the conditions being studied and the general public
- Accelerates the progress of research meaning new insights, innovations and treatments become available to those who need them more rapidly
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All too often the results of research are published slowly, held behind paywalls, or never published at all. By launching this platform the participating charities are helping to ensure that all results of the research they fund can be rapidly and widely shared to limit duplication of effort, accelerate the progress of research and most importantly bring benefits to patients sooner.
























