Scholarly Research Exchange: a new open access journal employing a transparent peer review system

[Paul Peters <paul.peters@hindawi.com>]

Scholarly Research Exchange: a new open access journal employing 
a transparent peer review system

Press Release
February 21, 2008

Hindawi Publishing Corporation is pleased to announce the launch 
of Scholarly Research Exchange, a peer-reviewed, open access 
journal that publishes original research articles in all areas of 
science, technology, and medicine. Scholarly Research Exchange 
will bring a number of important innovations to scholarly journal 
publishing, including a transparent peer review system in which 
authors and reviewers interact directly throughout the peer 
review process.

Authors submitting to Scholarly Research Exchange will suggest 
potential reviewers who will have to be approved by the journal's 
Editorial Office. Reviewers will be asked to provide an 
assessment of the quality of the manuscript, a written critique 
addressed to the authors, and a written commentary addressed to 
the journal's readers. Once an article is accepted for 
publication, the reviewers' commentaries and their assessment of 
the manuscript's quality are published alongside the final 
version of the article. In addition to these reviewers' 
evaluations, members of the scientific community will also be 
able to participate in a discussion around every manuscript.

"Scholarly Research Exchange goes well beyond the current journal 
model and brings a number of new ideas to the scholarly 
publishing industry," said Ahmed Hindawi, the company's CEO. "It 
provides a truly different experience to authors and reviewers, 
and since it is highly scalable by its very nature, it has the 
potential to make a significant impact across all areas of STM 
publishing."

Scholarly Research Exchange is hosted on a custom built online 
platform, which is located at http://www.syrexe.com/, 
facilitating the journal's interactive editorial system. The 
journal is published with the support of an international 
Advisory Board, and a detailed description of the journal and its 
editorial model can be found on the journal web site.

For more information please contact:

Paul Peters
Head of Business Development
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Email: paul.peters@hindawi.com

Hindawi Publishing Corporation is a rapidly growing STM publisher 
with more than 100 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering a 
wide range of subjects in science, technology, and medicine. The 
company web site is located at http://www.hindawi.com/.

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