Sci2sci

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At sci2sci, we are building an electronic lab notebook and a publishing platform in one interface. This will allow to store all experimental data and metadata in one place, and quickly release it in public access with one click.

In a nutshell, we offer full stack data publishing - from the experiment planning through raw data acquisition and analysis to the final research report - all in a single platform, with a number of benefits that cannot be offered by a current journal pdf manuscript:

PDF journal publication: sci2sci publishing:
Data is not standardized, so it’s hard to analyze, reproduce and compare Standardization and interoperability of the data due to pre-made experimental templates
Text and images are not AI-native: parsing and knowledge extraction are difficult ML-ready design of research papers
Static figures and graphs Dynamic and interactive tools for data visualization
No chance of statistical reanalysis Possibility for reanalysis as the “source code” of the experiments is always available
Pre-publication peer review takes 90 days on average;

Only 2-3 experts participate in review;

Updates to the study after publishing are almost impossible

Open source-like collaboration flow
Contribution tracking is as obscure as this description of it Digital CVs for researchers showcasing their expertise
It takes days to prepare and publish data One-click data sharing
Data reuse is not possible Data reuse is encouraged

We aim at creating software that will make principles of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data a default in scientists’ daily routine. Our mission is to make research data openly available for reuse and collaboration by academic researchers, the industry and the public. Our larger vision and inspiration is described in this article.