▁journal ▁impact ▁factor . ▁We ▁tried ▁to ▁prevent ▁people ▁who ▁do ▁the ▁impact ▁factors ▁from ▁giving ▁us ▁one . ▁They ▁gave ▁us ▁one ▁anyway ▁a ▁year ▁earlier ▁than ▁they ▁should ▁have . ▁Don ' t ▁ask ▁me ▁what ▁it ▁is ▁because ▁I ▁truly ▁don ' t ▁want ▁to ▁know ▁and ▁don ' t ▁care ." ▁ ▁e Life ▁Pod cast ▁The ▁e Life ▁Pod cast ▁is ▁produced ▁by ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁present er ▁and ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge ▁consult ant ▁v iro log ist ▁Chris ▁Smith ▁of ▁The ▁N aked ▁Scient ists . ▁ ▁e Life ▁dig ests ▁Most ▁research ▁articles ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁include ▁an ▁" e Life ▁dig est ", ▁a ▁non - techn ical ▁summary ▁of ▁the ▁research ▁find ings ▁aim ed ▁at ▁a ▁lay ▁audience . ▁Since ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁the ▁journal ▁has ▁been ▁sharing ▁a ▁selection ▁of ▁the ▁dig ests ▁on ▁the ▁blog ▁publishing ▁platform ▁Med ium . ▁e Life ▁also ▁publish es ▁comment ary ▁articles ▁called ▁" In s ights ", ▁which ▁are ▁also ▁written ▁in ▁pla iner ▁terms ▁than ▁the ▁research ▁article , ▁but ▁focus ▁more ▁on ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁research . ▁ ▁Trying ▁innov ative ▁rules ▁of ▁review ▁During ▁peer ▁review ▁process , ▁e Life ▁encourag es ▁the ▁review ers ▁to ▁discuss ▁a ▁manuscript ▁and ▁agree ▁on ▁a ▁common ▁recommendation . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁e Life ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁try ▁innov ative ▁peer ▁review ▁model ▁( for ▁some ▁ 3 0 0 ▁subm issions )