The Winnower


The Winnower is a publishing platform and journal that offers traditional scholarly publishing tools to enable rigorous scholastic discussion of topics across all areas of intellectual inquiry, whether in the sciences, humanities, public policy, or otherwise. The Winnower currently publishes and archives the following:
The Winnower was founded by Dr. Joshua Nicholson. It went live on May 27, 2014 with a primary focus of publishing scientific research, but has expanded its scope to include a diverse set of topics spanning the humanities, social sciences, science policy, and professional commentaries, to name just a few. As of April 2016 it has over 1,000 publications from 4,500+ authors around the world.

Post-publication Peer Review

The Winnower is a journal that offers post-publication peer review. After submission, the paper is immediately made visible online, and is open for public, non-anonymous reviews by registered members of The Winnower community. Articles can be revised indefinitely until the author chooses to "freeze" a final version and purchase a digital object identifier.