SociOS - digital platform for collaborative writing and open peer-review

该项目的主要目标是为社会科学建立一个同行评议的写作和出版平台。该平台旨在促进以开放获取的各种出版格式发表研究成果。此外，将在社会学的背景下实施数字出版物同行评议的新方法（开放同行评议）的概念。为了项目的实现，将使用合作写作和开放式互动同行评审的相关技术和程序。从本质上讲，该项目旨在提供低门槛的开放获取出版机会，最重要的是，为评审过程带来更多的透明度、灵活性和问责制，并为同行评审提供更强的激励。该项目的申请和实施将由科隆大学图书馆进行，但该平台对整个社会科学领域的出版物开放。它旨在将该平台连接到社会科学学科信息服务的门户网站（FID社会学-社会枢纽，FID政治学-污染，FID社会与文化人类学- EVIFA和FID犯罪学）。上述所有国际投资机构都表示有兴趣进行合作。由于这一概念和技术基础结构原则上也可以被其他学科的国际交流机构使用，因此可以假定，概况效应将在最广泛的意义上对科学交流产生影响。此外，可以假设，开放和透明将改善知识向社会、经济和政治的整体转移。该项目以适合科学的方式促进开放获取转型的实施，并提交给“科学出版基础设施”资助计划，优先领域为“开放获取基础设施”和“数字出版”。

The main objective of the project is to establish a peer-reviewed writing and publication platform for the social sciences. The platform is planned to facilitate the publication of research results in various publication formats in open access. In addition, a concept for a novel approach of peer-review of digital publications (Open Peer Review) will be implemented in the context of the sociological community. For the realization of the project, relevant techniques and procedures for collaborative writing and open interactive peer review will be used. Essentially, the project aims to provide low-threshold Open Access publishing opportunities and, most importantly, to bring more transparency, flexibility and accountability to the review process and to provide stronger incentives for peer review. The application and implementation of the project will be carried out by the Cologne University Library, but the platform is open to publications from the entire social science field. It is intended to link the platform to the portals of the social science subject information services (FID Sociology - SocioHub, FID Political Science - POLLUX, FID Social and Cultural Anthropology - EVIFA and FID Criminology). All mentioned FIDs have expressed their interest in a cooperation. Since the concept and the technical infrastructure can in principle also be used by the FIDs of other disciplines, it can be assumed that the profiling effect will have an impact on scientific communication in the broadest sense. In addition, it can be assumed that opening up and transparency will improve the transfer of knowledge to society, the economy and politics as a whole. The project promotes the implementation of the Open Access transformation in a way that is appropriate for science and is submitted to the funding program "Infrastructures for Scientific Publishing" in the priority areas "Open Access Infrastructure" and "Digital Publishing".