Invited open-access article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal

Invited open-access article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal
Giordano Lipari

Help me to the finish line after 5 years of unpaid research and publish a scientific article I have been invited to write

 

The name of this donation campaign is a mouthful, I know. 
Please be patient, writing is in progress. This longer description needs to cover two kinds of curiosity. The one for those interested in how a person ever ends up writing a paper, and who pays and earns for that. The other for those interested in which science it is, in what that is for and in what they see from videos and images. Please bear with me while I compose this for you. I don't use ChatGPT!

What's the aim? 

Although donations are always without return considerations (donaties zonder tegenprestatie) the vision of what the donations are for is clear.

  1. A article will be peer-reviewed, published and downloadable free of charge for anyone to consult it in a reputable scientific journal.
  2. Should the peer-reviewers regrettably reject the article, the draft will be uploaded in an open-access repository for anyone to use it. The work will not be lost in a drawer.
  3. The name of the donors, who chose not to be stay anonymous, will be gratefully mentioned in the article as funding sources.

ABOUT THE STORY

How do we get here? [More will be written here]

ABOUT THE CONTENT

What is that about? [More will be written here]

ABOUT THE DONATION

  1. What kind of campaign is this? Book publishing is the closest category available in Steunactie. In fact it goes about publishing a single article in a respectable peer-reviewed journal (Computational Particle Mechanics). Open-access means that anyone will be able to legally download the published article free of charge (clearly this is not the case everywhere). I will not earn anything after the publication. [Explain peer-reviewed, special issue]
  2. Who gets the money? This fundraiser is for Watermotion | Waterbeweging, the company under which I carry my work, including presenting studies and publishing articles. I am a self-employed (freelancer, zzp'er). The company description is provided in this page.
    Technically, you are donating to Watermotion, not to me as a person. Watermotion pays for the processing charges, your donations count as revenue, and Watermotion will also pay income tax on them
  3. Why that much money? The target amount of €6900 corresponds to the legal minimum for the gross hourly salary in the Netherlands times 3 months of 4 weeks of 5 working days of 8 hours each. 
    This calculation was just to set a reasonable baseline. The hourly rate the lowest allowed in the Netherlands and the hour count will be higher than a 9-to-5 employee. The article must be submitted before 31 March 2026 and then the exchanges with the peer-reviewers will follow and take more weeks.
    Watermotion will also pay income tax on the donation.
  4. What can you expect after donating? Donations are without any return considerations (donaties zonder tegenprestatie). In particular, they entail no influence on the thinking, writing and reviewing process. This is a strict requirement of integrity for scientific publications which I want to uphold.
    I am also obliged (and very pleased) to acknowledge in the article all funding support received. All named donors will be mentioned gratefully in the article. Please donate anonymously if you don't want that.
    Watermotion is not a charitable organisation but will pay taxes on the donation, so part of it will return to the collective good
  5. What do I use this money for? For so-called operational expenditures only, that is, to buy time and not stuff. 
    Publishing the article is free of charge because the publisher has waived the publication fees for the invited articles, like mine.
    There is a deadline and I need time to write, set up calculations, check results, respond in the peer-review process and the like. I will use the donations to ease the pressure of all preoccupations about finding new paid assignments

WHAT AM I SEEING IN THE IMAGES?

[to be explained]

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Giordano Lipari

 
Fundraiser will run till 31/03/2026

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