For what it’s worth – the open peer review landscape
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold, first, to discuss the current and future issues around post-publication open peer review. Second, to highlight som...
Étiquette : Peer Review
The quandary between communication and certification
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand individual academics’ perception, attitudes and participation in Open Access Publishing and open scholarship ...
Open Access Publishing, academic research and scholarly communication
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the difference between Open Access and accessibility, to argue that accessibility is the most crucial feature, a...
Retrospective analysis of the quality of reports by author-suggested and non-author-suggested reviewers in journals operating on open or single-blind peer review models
Objectives To assess whether reports from reviewers recommended by authors show a bias in quality and recommendation for editorial decision, compared with revie...
Review times in peer review: quantitative analysis of editorial workflows
We examine selected aspects of peer review and suggest possible improvements. To this end, we analyse a dataset containing information about 300 papers submitte...
From Peer-Reviewed to Peer-Reproduced in Scholarly Publishing: The Complementary Roles of Data Models and Workflows in Bioinformatics
Motivation Reproducing the results from a scientific paper can be challenging due to the absence of data and the computational tools required for their analysis...
Hybrid Review: Taking SoTL Beyond Traditional Peer Review for Journal Publication
« Developments in emergent technology offer innovative solutions for facilitating a hybrid review process; we examine a unique combination of private–peer and o...