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Archives: Open peer review

Amazon Peer Review: Coming To A Preprint Near You

Starting today, anyone who visits the online retailer Amazon will soon be able to review manuscripts, just like pens, sneakers, and toiletry products.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 1, 2018
  • 5 Comments

Wellcome Money — Involvement with F1000 Opens Door on Sketchy Peer Review, COIs, and Spending Decisions

With a new partnership with F1000, Wellcome embraces sketchy peer review standards, deep conflicts of interest, and financial support of a private, commercial enterprise. Worse, the entire thing seems redundant, avoidable, and unnecessary.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 20, 2016
  • 23 Comments

An Interview With Janne-Tuomas Seppänen, Co-founder of Peerage of Science

Peerage of Science’s Janne-Tuomas Seppänen discusses their new peer review offering for authors and journals.

  • By Michael Clarke
  • Nov 6, 2013
  • 4 Comments

Will Open Data Solve Peer Review Concerns?

All primary data should be made openly available, a UK government report recommends.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Aug 1, 2011
  • 33 Comments

Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Open Peer-Review

Do the benefits of open peer-review outweigh the costs? A BMJ study argues “yes,” but there are caveats.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Nov 30, 2010
  • 16 Comments

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