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Archives: Janne-Tuomas Seppanen

Whither Portable Peer Review?

Three companies (Rubriq, Axios Review, and Peerage of Science) have working models for external peer review. Has any one of them found a model for success?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Dec 19, 2016
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

On Moose and Medians (Or Why We Are Stuck With The Impact Factor)

If Thomson Reuters can calculate Impact Factors and Eigenfactors, why can’t they deliver a simple median score?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 12, 2016
  • 29 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

An Interview With Janne-Tuomas Seppänen, Co-founder of Peerage of Science

Peerage of Science’s Janne-Tuomas Seppänen discusses their new peer review offering for authors and journals.

  • By Michael Clarke
  • Nov 6, 2013
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

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