The MIT Media Lab and the MIT Press have announced the launch of the Journal of Design and Science (JoDS). This online, open-access journal provides a new model for academic publishing by encouraging broad-ranging discourse that challenges traditional academic silos and publishing practices. It will be curated by a team led by MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito.
Unlike journals that operate within a formal peer-review system and rigid disciplinary framework, JoDS invites lively discussion across all fields of design and science, unconventional formats, and widespread participation, empowering authors to engage in ongoing discussion about their work with members of many different communities, both within and outside of their home disciplines. This rich, peer-to-peer approach to review provides for a much broader array of perspectives, new pathways forward, and emergent topics for further research.
This format is made possible by the new PubPub publishing platform, created by researchers Travis Rich and Thariq Shihipar working in the Media Lab's Viral Communications group. PubPub provides rich commenting features and powerful, intuitive authoring tools. JoDS articles are authored directly within PubPub, which also enables easy integration of multimedia, images, and large data sets.
In addition to online journal publication, future applications for the PubPub platform could include a new model for thesis submission, or a rich platform for ebook publishing. The journal is now posting submissions and the first articles are available for viewing and comment at jods.mitpress.mit.edu.
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