PeerJ, an open access publisher of scholarly articles in the biological, life & medical sciences, has announced that the Max Planck Society has signed a publishing plan deal with PeerJ, which entitles any Max Planck author to publish their research in PeerJ at no cost to themselves.
With this announcement, thousands of authors in over 80 Max Planck institutes now have the ability to publish their peer-reviewed articles in PeerJ without needing to pay a fee. This publishing plan enables Max Planck to automatically purchase 'Enhanced Plans' for accepted authors, meaning that those individuals will benefit from the ability to publish freely for life with PeerJ thereafter (at the level of 2 articles per year).
Making its scientists' research findings available for the benefit of the whole of humanity, free of charge whenever possible, is a key aspiration of the Max Planck Society. The Society joins over 40 universities world-wide, such as Stanford, Berkeley, Cambridge, Duke, Amsterdam, and University College London who have already made funds available for their faculty to take advantage of PeerJ memberships.
PeerJ emphasizes research integrity; high ethical standards; constructive peer-review; exemplary production quality; and leading edge online functionality. The journal is indexed by PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus and Google Scholar. There is an Editorial Board of over 860 world class researchers, and a 20-member Advisory Board which includes 5 Nobel Laureates. In addition, PeerJ authors benefit from the ability to publish unlimited articles in PeerJ PrePrints.
