{"id":11117,"date":"2017-07-05T13:18:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T17:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/?p=11117"},"modified":"2017-07-05T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T17:18:51","slug":"peerj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/peerj\/","title":{"rendered":"Publish in PeerJ to Increase your Research Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"444\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11118\" src=\"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/files\/2017\/07\/7.5.17-peerj-audience.png\" alt=\"peer j broad audience statistics\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2017\/07\/7.5.17-peerj-audience.png 768w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2017\/07\/7.5.17-peerj-audience-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2017\/07\/7.5.17-peerj-audience-322x186.png 322w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2017\/07\/7.5.17-peerj-audience-521x301.png 521w, https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/files\/2017\/07\/7.5.17-peerj-audience-29x18.png 29w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Researchers: Who reads your work and who are you intending to reach in publishing your research?<\/p>\n<p>Researchers want their work read\u00a0so that they can solicit feedback and the research can make a difference, either in the field or in wider society.<\/p>\n<p>Here are four ways publishing in <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/\">PeerJ <\/a>can help you reach a broader audience:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Publishing in an open access journal like PeerJ<\/strong> (as opposed to a subscription-based journal available behind a paywall) allows for your work to be read by new readers.\u00a0 Research behind a paywall creates a barrier to views and wider attention.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Over 32,000 researchers have subscribed to PeerJ&#8217;s content alerts,<\/strong> which means your work is being shared directly with an interested and engaged community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PeerJ promotes your research<\/strong> through its <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/blog\/\">blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thePeerJ\">social media<\/a>, and custom infographics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PeerJ is a broad community journal<\/strong> \u2013 not a hyper-specialized, niche community journal, but instead a community of shared values that puts researchers first and values interdisciplinary collaboration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>PeerJ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/benefits\/#high-quality-peer-review\">peer review process<\/a> is rigorous and transparent, so you can expect high-quality research and a review process updated for the 21st century scholar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested in publishing in PeerJ?\u00a0<\/strong> Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/agvet\/peerj\/\">Pendergrass Library&#8217;s institutional plan<\/a> to cover the cost of publishing and see which <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/institutions\/53\/university-of-tennessee\/\">UT researchers have already published in PeerJ<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also volunteer to serve as a peer reviewer with <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/reviewer-match\/\">PeerJ&#8217;s reviewer match<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see PeerJ&#8217;s recent blog posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/blog\/post\/115284879422\/what-do-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-journal-impact-digging-into-citations-and-quality-in-scientific-publishing\/\">impact <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/blog\/post\/115284879479\/assessing-journal-quality-why-a-broad-audience-is-a-step-towards-tangible-impact\/\">audience<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers: Who reads your work and who are you intending to reach in publishing your research? Researchers want their work read\u00a0so that they can solicit feedback and the research can make a difference, either in the field or in wider society. Here are four ways publishing in PeerJ can help you reach a broader audience: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/peerj\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Publish in PeerJ to Increase your Research Impact - News - News from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/peerj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Publish in PeerJ to Increase your Research Impact - News - News from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Researchers: Who reads your work and who are you intending to reach in publishing your research? 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