Edinburgh Diamond is a free book and journal publishing platform available for staff and students at the University of Edinburgh, hosted within the University of Edinburgh Library. Books and journals produced through this service are free to read and free to publish (diamond open access).
Peer Community In (PCI) is a web platform facilitating community-based peer review. There are several subject-specific PCI's including Ecology, Mathematical & Computational Biology, and Archaeology. Preprints should first be submitted to a preprint repository, such as OSF Preprints, before peer review. Preprints accepted through PCI peer review can be submitted to the PCI Journal or a list of PCI-friendly journals.
OSF Preprints is a preprint platform hosted by Open Science Framework (OSF). Manuscripts from all research areas are accepted. All preprints receive a DOI and can be linked to OSF Projects and OSF Registrations. Preprints can be uploaded to OSF Preprints or a number of specialist preprint platforms hosted by OSF (listed on the OSF Preprints homepage). Some of the specialist platforms conduct pre-moderation to check the manuscript is within scope before preprints appear online.
A repository for collaborating on and sharing lab-based protocols. Protocols can be public or private, and public protocol can request a DOI. Existing public protocols can be adapted (forked) to generate new protocols or you can start from scratch. The University of Edinburgh has a subscription for this service.
The Animal Study Registry is a repository for preregistration of animal research.
Preclinical Trials is a repository for preregistration of preclinical animal research.
PROSPERO is a repository for systematic review preregistrations within health sciences (clinical and animal research).
Peer Community in Registered Reports (PCI-RR) is a community-based platform facilitating peer review of Registered Reports. Registered Reports that receive in-principle acceptance following peer review at PCI-RR can submit to a list of PCI-RR friendly journals for publication. Submitting to other journals is allowed but may not be guaranteed publication.
OSF Registries is a preregistration platform hosted by Open Science Framework (OSF). Registrations and preregistrations from all research areas are accepted. All registrations receive a DOI and can be linked to OSF Projects. OSF also hosts various free to use registration templates.
