Open peer review at four STEM journals: an observational overview

F1000Research
Emily Ford

Abstract

Open peer review, peer review where authors' and reviewers' identities are disclosed to one another, is a growing trend in scholarly publishing. Through observation of four journals in STEM disciplines, PLOS One, Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, PeerJ, and F1000Research, an observational overview is conducted. The overview relies on defined characteristics of open peer review. Results show that despite differing open peer review implementations, each journal retains editorial involvement in scholarly publishing. Further, the analysis shows that only one of these implementations is fully transparent in its peer review and decision making process. Finally, the overview contends that journals should clearly outline peer review and editorial processes in order to allow for open peer review to be better understood and adopted by authors, reviewers, editors, and readers of science communications.

References

Oct 5, 2013·Science·John Bohannon
Oct 1, 2014·BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology·Elizabeth C MoylanMaria K Kowalczuk

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Citations

Aug 11, 2016·F1000Research·Carrie L IwemaAnsuman Chattopadhyay
Sep 20, 2017·F1000Research·Tony Ross-Hellauer
Jan 1, 2018·Journal of Academic Ethics·David M Shaw, Bart Penders
Feb 24, 2016·Microscopy and Microanalysis : the Official Journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada·Philip EwelsLuc Lajaunie
Oct 31, 2020·Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons·Joo-Young Park

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PeerJ
F1000Resarch ONE
PeerJ ONE
ACP
ONE
OPR
PLOS ONE
PeerJ PrePrints
PLOS
F1000Research

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