Who uses Kotahi
Kotahi is in production with organisations running quite different publishing models. Two are documented here; more are in progress.
MetaROR
Section titled “MetaROR”metaror.org — a project of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI), focused on meta-research and research evaluation.
MetaROR runs a Publish-Review-Curate model. eLife Pathways hosts and manages the full technical infrastructure.
Kotahi provides:
- preprint metadata submission
- review management
- curation
- publication
- DOI registration
Live instances: submit.metaror.org for submission and review, with published output on the MetaROR site.
Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium
Section titled “Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium”ncrc.jhsph.edu — a collaboration of scientists and public health experts at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, evaluating and summarising key COVID-19 research during the pandemic.
The NCRC team had been managing a high volume of pandemic preprints in spreadsheets. They moved to Kotahi for triage and review management.
Kotahi provided:
- automated import of metadata from bioRxiv and PubMed
- assisted preprint search
- a triage workflow
- review management
- export to spreadsheets
At the time, NCRC still published to WordPress via those spreadsheets — this predated Kotahi being able to build a public website. The same group now uses that capability for a further project.
Others
Section titled “Others”Kotahi is also used by eLife itself, as an extension to its existing platform for Publish-Review-Curate, and by a number of other groups across four service tiers. Individual entitlements vary, so nothing on this page should be read as a description of what any particular customer receives.