About eLife

eLife is a non-profit organization committed to making peer review and publishing better for science. In particular, using the publish-review-curate (PRC) approach, we are working to reform the way research is assessed by journals, to improve research culture, and to develop open technologies to support our mission.

eLife is proof that publishing can be better for science. Our process is faster and fairer for the scientists who publish with us, and gives more control to authors while providing readers with detailed assessments of every paper.

Tim Behrens, Editor-in-Chief

Reforming scientific publishing

The eLife publishing process combines the speed and openness of preprints with the scrutiny offered by peer review.

PRC at eLife
Improving research culture

We work with scientists around the world to build a research culture that values openness and integrity, and promotes equity, diversity and inclusion.

eLife’s communities
Developing open technologies

We are building open-source platforms and infrastructure to help others join our mission to make peer review and publishing better for science.

eLife technology

It’s encouraging to see the increased interest and momentum on community-driven open-access models, as well as the increased recognition, adoption and support of the publish-review-curate (PRC) model employed by eLife to bring greater transparency and integrity to scientific publishing. It’s time to disrupt the wider landscape and accelerate towards an open future.
Kamran Naim, CERN and eLife Board of Directors
eLife successfully challenges the status quo of scientific publishing, demonstrating that another, more useful, humane yet rigorous way of publishing is possible.
Albert Cardona, University of Cambridge and eLife Senior Editor
I think the eLife model has many benefits. Authors have a lot of control in the publication process. That is a big advantage.
Meike van der Heijden, Virginia Tech and eLife author

Why publish with eLife

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Aims and scope

eLife welcomes submissions in all areas of the life sciences and medicine.
Editors and people

Meet the editors who make all the decisions about preprints submitted to eLife.
For the press

eLife press releases and resources
Annual reports

From the eLife Board of Directors.

Submit to eLife

Follow this link to submit your work to eLife.
Author Guide

Everything an author needs to know about eLife.
Reviewer Guide

A detailed description of peer review at eLife, including information for reviewers.
Centralised Open Access payments

A guide to centralised payments for organisations.