PeerJ offers academics two Open Access publication options:

PeerJ - a peer-reviewed open access academic journal
PeerJ PrePrints - a 'pre-print' server that allows you to gain credit and feedback from peers before publishing.

PeerJ is aimed at Biological and Medical Sciences academics, and provides an "integrated solution" for researchers' publishing needs. Committed to improving the process of scholarly publishing, PeerJ selects articles based on scientific and methodological soundness, rather than impact or interest.

What is unique about PeerJ is that it offers a lifetime membership model. This model provides a low-cost membership to individuals that offers lifetime rights to publish for free with PeerJ, instead of a system that charges authors per publication.

A recent interview with PeerJ cofounder Peter Binfield explains in detail the aims of PeerJ and its ambitions for the future.