PEER REVIEW SUPPORT AND ADVISORY SERVICES – JOURNAL OF REPLICATION AND REPRODUCIBILITY

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking a contractor to provide strategic, operational, and advisory services to support the development of a new scholarly publishing program, the Journal of Replication and Reproducibility (JRR). The JRR will be an online, diamond open-access scientific journal and platform dedicated to publishing direct replication studies, conceptual replication studies, reproducibility analyses, null results, and negative findings. The contractor will be responsible for establishing a world-class editorial leadership structure, designing and validating an open peer-review framework, developing innovative publishing products, supporting the marketing and launch of the journal, and developing rigorous, ethical, and transparent peer-review policies and workflows. Some key aspects of the job include: • Establishing a world-class editorial leadership structure • Designing and validating an open peer-review framework • Developing innovative publishing products focused on replication studies and research reproducibility • Supporting the marketing and launch of the journal and associated programs • Developing rigorous, ethical, and transparent peer-review policies and workflows