[3][8] As a whole, it is presented like a classic scientific journal, but one that provides more transparent and advanced services, in addition to being free.

[9][10] PCI does not actually publish the scientific articles, so it is not affected by the Ingelfinger rule which regulates the duplication of publications.

Founding members Denis Bourguet, Benoit Facon and Thomas Guillemaud are researchers at the Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRAE).

The PCI initiative is supported by numerous institutions that value open science and bibliodiversity in their practices, such as the CNRS[21] or the INEE.

[25] PCI was also described in Sciences et Avenir as an alternative publishing platform that could be a more efficient use of resources for universities and researchers.