By Susan Chaityn Lebovits
Getting published in research journals can be a long, arduous process, one for which scientists have felt that had no alternative — until now.
eLife, which recently launched online, is a joint initiative of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Welcome Trust. It is the first “open access” journal that engages editors who are working scientists with the research scientists throughout the entire editorial process, expediting the time between submission and publication.
