HighWire Introduces 5-Star Article Rating Feature on SAGE Open

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Bonnie Zavon, via the ScholComm list.  --Peter Suber.]

HighWire Introduces 5-Star Article Rating Feature on SAGE Open

For full details, see:
http://highwire.stanford.edu/PR/SJO_ArticleRating.pdf

With the recent launch of the peer-reviewed research journal,
SAGE Open (www.sageopen.com), and its new, interactive article
rating feature, HighWire Press once again demonstrates its
support of independent scholarly publishers with a tool designed
for Open Access publications. This new feature, 5-star article
rating, gives readers the opportunity to weigh in on the quality
and impact of a particular article in a transparent open
community forum.

As a supplement to the basic peer review that is practiced by the
rapid publication process for open access journals, article-level
comments and ratings offer real-time feedback from readers,
allowing them to contribute publicly in the scholarly journal
discussion. Over time, as the article accrues comments and
ratings, the combined scores will become more and more meaningful
as a metric to evaluate its importance and quality.

"We see this feature as part of an enhanced community-building
process," said Bob Howard, Executive Director for SAGE's Social
Science Journals. "SAGE Open manuscripts are peer-reviewed, but
with the public commenting and article rating tools, members of
the community are invited to participate in the post-publication
discussion."

SAGE Open, a new publication created to support open access
publishing in the social and behavioral sciences and the
humanities, allows colleagues to share their insights about the
quality of papers online. In order to rate an article,
contributors must be a registered user of SAGE Journals Online
(online.sagepub.com).

"The HighWire platform provides a series of enhanced features to
give readers greater power to determine the significance of
articles published," said Tom Rump, HighWire's Managing Director.
"Along with usage metrics, commenting, subject categories, and
recommendation services, article ranking is a means to leverage
the insights of the larger community, connecting the outside
world with the content inside the paper."

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Bonnie Zavon
Public Relations
HighWire | Stanford University
1454 Page Mill Rd. | Palo Alto CA 94304
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