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审的写作和出版平台。该平台计划促进以开放获取的各种出版形式发表研究成果。此外，将在社会学界的背景下实施一种新的数字出版物同行审查方法（开放同行审查）的概念。为了实现该项目，将使用合作写作和开放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，为审查过程带来更多的透明度，灵活性和问责制，并为同行审查提供更强有力的激励。该项目的应用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。其目的是将该平台与社会科学学科信息服务门户网站（FID社会学- SocioHub、FID政治学- POLLUX、FID社会和文化人类学- EVIFA和FID犯罪学）连接起来。所有提到的国际金融机构都表示有兴趣合作。由于这一概念和技术基础设施原则上也可用于其他学科的FID，因此可以假定，剖析效应将对最广泛意义上的科学传播产生影响。此外，可以假定，开放和透明度将改善知识向整个社会、经济和政治的转移。该项目以适合科学的方式促进开放获取转型的实施，并提交给优先领域“开放获取基础设施”和“数字出版”的资助计划“科学出版结构”。

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".