The open-access journal eLife has launched a new type of article that will allow authors to report significant additions to their original research.
The article, called a “research advance” will report new findings that cast significant new light on the original findings, but which might not be sufficient for a new paper in their own right without a lot of time-consuming further work.
In an editorial, the journal says research advances “might use a new technique or a different experimental design to generate results that strengthen, refine or even challenge the conclusions of the original research paper”.
Research advances will generally be about 1,500 words, excluding methods, and include up to four main figures, tables, or videos. They will generally be reviewed by the same editors and reviewers who assessed the original manuscript and be clearly linked to the original research paper when they are published – though will also be indexed and citable in their own right.
Read full coverage in Times Higher Education or the original editorial.
