Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral

Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD, Information Science, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MAnth, Social Anthropology, Federal University of Goias, Goiás, Brazil
Research focus
Scholarly communication, open peer review models, peer review training, public engagement in research, educational programming in higher education, global partnerships for education, and education for multilingual and multicultural learners.
Honors and Awards
- April 2024-August 2024 ASAPbio Fellows program. Cohort 2024. https://asapbio.org/2024-asapbio-fellows
- January 2024-July 2024 PreReview Champions Program. Cohort 2024. https://content.prereview.org/announcing-our-2024-prereview-champions/
- May 2023 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Spring 2023, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (Course: IS 511 Scholarly Communications).
- January 2023 NISO Plus Scholarship Program, National Information Standards Organization (NISO), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- December 2022 Fellowship Program: Society for Scholarly Publishing, New Jersey, USA
- September 2022 Sponsored scholar of the Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication, September 8-10, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, organized by JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), the BMJ (British Medical Journal), and METRICS at Stanford University.
Biography
Janaynne is a social anthropologist and information scientist with 10 years of experience in scientific publishing. Expert in scholarly communication, particularly open access journals with peer review models with public participation. Her research intersects scholarly communication, science and technology studies, and international education. At the iSchool, she facilitates the partnership between the iSchool and the Illinois International Global Education & Training to develop data science and peer review training initiatives for international students and scholars.
Courses currently teaching
Advisor
Publications & Papers
Amaral JC, Sarich, N, Hensley, MK, Machado, MJC. (2025). Librarians at the center of peer review training: Increasing collaboration among scholarly communication stakeholders. Learned Publishing, 38 (2). https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1657
Colla, E, Amaral, JC, Hachani, S, Quinn, A, Catterall, J, Xu, S, Fernandez, P, Jiao, C, Andreu, FC, Stuit, M. (2024). Special issue: open access: diverse experiences and expectations. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.18462
Hunt, A, Amaral, JC. (2024). Elements of scientific publication. Council of Science Editors, Style Manual Task Force. CSE manual: scientific style and format for authors, editors, and publishers. 9th ed. Council of Science Editors and The University of Chicago Press; Chapter 1. ISBN-13: 978-0226683942. https://doi.org/10.7208/cse9
Amaral, JC. et al. (2024). Journal style and format. Council of Science Editors, Style Manual Task Force. CSE manual: scientific style and format for authors, editors, and publishers. 9th ed. Council of Science Editors and The University of Chicago Press; Chapter 27. ISBN-13: 978-0226683942. https://doi.org/10.7208/cse9
PREreview, Foster, A, Hindle, S, Murphy, K, Saderi, D, Amaral, JC, Mendonça, A, Fairhurst, V., & Park, G. (2025). Pareceristas Abertos: Guia do Parecerista. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/records/15497111
Colangelo E, Schultz J, Amaral JC. (2025). Judith Barnsby: on her career, open access, artificial intelligence, and public trust in science. Science Editor, 48. https://doi.org/10.36591/SE-4801-10
Amaral JC, Schultz J. (2022). Frontiers for Young Minds: communicating passion and excitement about science. Science Editor, 45(3) https://doi.org/10.36591/SE-D-4504-05
Amaral JC, Schultz J. (2021). Sophie Staniszewska and Richard Stephens: Democratizing science through public involvement. Science Editor, 44(4):110-115. https://doi.org/10.36591/SE-D-4404-111