ELife

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eLife is a scientific journal for the biomedical and life sciences. It is peer-reviewed and open access. It was established at the end of 2012 by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Max Planck Society, and Wellcome Trust. These organizations gave the money for the journal's business and publishing operations.^[1]

The editor-in-chief is Randy Schekman (University of California, Berkeley).^[2] Editorial decisions are made largely by senior editors and members of the board of reviewing editors, all of whom are active scientists working in fields ranging from human genetics and neuroscience to biophysics and epidemiology.^[3]

1. ↑ Matt McGrath (10 April 2012), Trust pushes for open access to research, BBC
2. ↑ Freya Boardman-Pretty (5 November 2011), "Open-access science journal leaves editing to the experts", Times Higher Education
3. ↑ Communicating the latest advances in life science and biomedicine, eLife, retrieved 6 October 2015