Research Ideas and Outcomes

*Research Ideas and Outcomes*
Discipline	Multidisciplinary
Language	English
Publication details
History	2015-present
Publisher	Pensoft Publishers
Frequency	Continuously
Open access	Yes
License	CC BY 4.0
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Res. Ideas Outcomes
Indexing;
ISSN	2367-7163;
LCCN	2017238083
OCLC no.	956261946
Links
	Journal homepage;

The Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) is a journal claimed to be both peer-reviewed, and open-access, published by Pensoft Publishers, stating a goal to promote transparency, reliability, and effectiveness in scientific research.^[1]

Since its 2015 launch, the journal has been widely noticed on social media, with the proposal to publish practically any serious-looking submission being questioned.^[2]^[3]

History

The journal was established in 2015 with the idea of publishing research outputs of different kinds including computer programs, experimental data, and analysis workflows.^[4] One year after its foundation, it received a SPARC Innovator Award from the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition for its work in encouraging transparency in science.^[5]^[6]