Open peer review : from an experiment to a model
Julien Bordier,
HAL,
Apr 18, 2016
This could be an important article. The report (49 page PDF) reports on research around open peer review "facilitated by a specific work of a copy editor, name this prototype as: OPRISM, Open Peer Review facIlitation through Social Media" and proposes a model for the practice. The approach is not without risks, for examplee, "that authors refuse to participate to such protocol and, hence, avoid publications practicing open peer review... The author either fears to ruin his reputation or refuses to be criticized." But on balance, with ownership and control of the manuscript remaining in the author's hands, and review and commentary contained in separate documents, these risks can in general be overcome. And indeed, "As a referee put it himself, 'the referee is reviewed'.... the referee's hegemony, usually mediated by the journal behind the curtains of anonymity, is questioned. Thus, open peer review introduces reciprocity in the process."
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