Analysis and news
Helping new audiences to follow the science
Richard Gallagher explains why reliable scientific insight is needed more now than ever
For all of us in science publishing, it is tempting to view the posting of final articles online for the research community as the successful completion of our task. At Annual Reviews, we are trying to instead think of it as the end of the beginning of our role, because the insights contained within the articles are of great potential value to audiences outside the research community. A functional democracy requires that policy
“You could compile a list of hundreds of topics where reliable expert insight is needed”
28 Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle 2020/2021
makers, practitioners, educators, students, and citizens follow the science that underlies many issues that society is grappling with today. Covid-19 and climate change immediately spring to mind, but you could compile hundreds of topics where reliable expert insight is needed. Publishers of the research literature could and should be playing a bigger role in meeting this need. Annual Reviews has a long-term goal of making the knowledge and wisdom of the leading researchers that publish with us available to, and usable by, diverse audiences through four interdependent initiatives: 1.
The conversion of our journals from gated to open and global access through a program called Subscribe to Open;
2. Publication of Knowable Magazine, an
authoritative source of high-quality science journalism for a general audience;
3. Development of actionable summaries of research tailored to the needs of professionals, policy makers, and educators; and
4. The establishment of interdisciplinary events (now more likely to be virtual than in-person) on key current issues, facilitating the flow of information among researchers and other stakeholders.
Meeting the mission Annual Reviews is an independent non-profit publisher dedicated to synthesising and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. We publish reviews only, and our 51 journals cover physical, biomedical, life, and social sciences. Each journal is directed by an editorial committee that commissions review articles and conducts peer review, supported by a core organisation staff. Reviews are written by recognised experts who capture current understanding of a topic – including what is well supported and what is controversial – and highlight major questions that remain to be addressed.
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