FAIR Press Journals was founded and is run by two statisticians. It is deliberately small, and the review engine does the heavy lifting, so a named human stands behind every decision.
Founders
- Matthias Templ, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, Switzerland.
- Jürgen Degenfellner, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Matthias Templ serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Reproducible Statistics. Jürgen Degenfellner leads one of the imprint's titles in preparation. Their research field (statistics, with a focus on reproducible computation and statistical disclosure control) is the journal's subject matter, and the privacy-preserving data service rests on that expertise.
The editorial board
The Journal of Reproducible Statistics is advised by an editorial board of six researchers at six institutions in five countries, none of them the founders' own. Each member is named with affiliation and country on the journal's editorial board page. Board members advise on scope, act as ambassadors for reproducible research and serve as the standing arbiters in appeals, independently of the founding editors. Titles in preparation assemble their own boards on the same terms, and no one is listed without their explicit consent.
Accountability
- Every editorial decision is read and signed by a named editor.
- Editors do not publish their own research in the journal they edit. An editor who submits to a FAIR Press Journals title they do not edit is treated as any other author: the conflict is declared, they take no part in any decision, sign-off or appeal concerning it, and the conflict is stated on the published article.
- Appeals are heard independently of whoever signed the contested decision, and founder-conflicted cases go to an arbiter external to the company (see the journal's complaints & appeals procedure).
Work with us
Interested in the board, in reviewing, or in bringing a journal to the platform? Write to contact@fairpressjournals.com.