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The success story 2001–2016 (04 Apr 2016) → 38 journals, 20 indexed in SCIE → 18 of 38 with Interactive Public → 22,454 D-papers with 832,881 pages → 34,816 journal papers with 426,403 pages → 103,979 comments in 22,454 discussions Let it grow! Interactive open-access 1. to the paper It has been 15 years since Copernicus Publications We were the second publisher worldwide to provide started the journey towards open science. The first free access to journal papers financed through moder- discussion paper was published on 3 September 2001. ate article processing charges (APC). Thereby, we have Since then, 18 journals have followed the idea of trans- agreements with research organizations, universities, parency in scientific quality assurance; 20 more journals and funders about central settlement. Authors lacking are also open-access but not interactive. Our strategy support of funds can apply for waivers. is threefold and goes further than for others:

Referees 1. Submission 2. Access review 5 3. Technical corrections 4. Publication as D-paper 5. Public discussion 6. Final response Referee 7. Post-discussion editor comments decision 8. Revision 1 2 4 6 7 9 9. Peer-review completion Author Editor Author Editor 10. Final revised publication 8 Journal variations 3 Author 10 ▪ Referee quick reports prior to Discussion comments D-publication paper ▪ Author’s revision after discus- Short comments sion st nd ▪ No editor decision before 1 stage 2 stage peer-review completion (discussion (journal) Final forum) 5 revised paper Scientific community

2. Open access to the review 3. Open access to the assets Our unique Interactive Public Peer Review™ enables We see the outcome of your work as a publication clus- everyone to read reviewer reports and comment on a ter. Your journal paper is the trunk and your data sets, paper prior to publication. This fosters and provides a model code, videos, and other assets are the branches. lasting record of scientific discussion and maximizes the All objects are long-term preserved and linked to each effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality as- other through DOIs. The usage of your paper is visual- surance. ized through article-level metrics (ALM).

Experience how the seed of your science grows by being open.

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