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New articles submitted via Gates Open Research are published on the platform’s associated pre-print server, VeriXiv, as soon as they are accepted, after passing a series of rigorous prepublication checks to assess originality, readability, author eligibility, and compliance with VeriXiv’s policies and ethical guidelines. Peer review by invited experts takes place openly on VeriXiv after publication of the preprint. A preprint remains published on VeriXiv regardless of the reviewers’ reports. Preprints that pass peer review are then transferred to Gates Open Research, as the final version-of-record publication venue, where they will be indexed in Scopus, PubMed and other bibliographic databases. All published preprints and articles on VeriXiv and Gates Open Research respectively are included in Google Scholar, irrespective of peer review status.
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Before you submit an article, please ensure that:
- The work is original. The manuscript (or substantial parts of it) must not have been published previously, or be under consideration or review by another journal. Manuscripts that were previously posted on a preprint server such as ArXiv or BioRxiv are welcome.
- At least one author must be formally affiliated with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (for details, see our Publication criteria). On submission authors will be asked for the grant number *OPPID that funded the research.
- The reported study meets all applicable research and publication standards. We strongly recommend that you consult our editorial policies for more detail on reporting guidelines and ethical requirements.
- All methodological details and relevant data are made available to allow others to replicate the study, and that the manuscript adheres to appropriate reporting guidelines and community standards. For more detail, please see our policies and Data preparation guidelines.
- All authors have understood Gates Open Research’s policies for article publication and its publishing model.
- Your manuscript includes full author and affiliation information, and a conflict of interest statement.
ORCID
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports the use of ORCID IDs where possible. For this reason, it is mandatory that the submitting author completes their submission using an ORCID iD. The process of getting an ORCID iD is quick, easy and incurs no cost. This can be set up during the article submission process, or via your details section on the My pages at any time. Additionally, co-authors are given the opportunity to connect their ORCID iDs via a link we send on the publication of the article.
What is ORCID?
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. It provides a persistent identifier for humans, similar to that created for content-related entities on digital networks by digital object identifiers (DOIs).
Why is ORCID good for you?
- ORCID allows identification beyond names. Globally, names can be very common, they can change, they can be transliterated into other alphabets and so reliably linking researchers with their research and organizations can be difficult - this is solved through a unique ORCID iD.
- An ORCID iD also allows you to keep a constantly updated digital curriculum vitae. Individuals decide to register, which research activities to connect to their ID, which organizations to allow access, what information to make publicly available, what to share with trusted parties, and what to keep private. Individuals can control their profiles and can change these settings and permissions at any time.
What happens after you connect your iD to Gates Open Research
Once you have connected your ORCID iD to Gates Open Research, wherever your name appears as an author or reviewer, we will link out to your ORCID account via an ORCID badge ensuring maximum exposure of all your research activities to other users of the platform (or those you choose to make public). Once published, please add this work to your ORCID account.