Dan and James discuss the pros and cons of transparent peer-review, in which peer review reports are published alongside manuscripts, as a keynote feature at the recent Munin Conference on scholarly publishing.
Here's what they cover and some links:
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What is transparent peer-review?
The permanancy of open peer review reports
CLOCKSS (https://clockss.org/) provides a sustainable dark archive to ensure the long-term survival of Web-based scholarly content
Open peer reviews provide additional info for historians
What changes when you know that your review is going to be public?
A Motte-and-bailey castle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_castle)
An update and summary of the 450 movement (https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/the-450-movement-1f86132a29bd)
Involving patients/user representatives in the peer review and disemination process
The GRIM test (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRIM_test)
What about the publication of peer review reports for papers that are rejected?
The mega-analysis paper (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/psyp.13688) that Dan and James were co-authors on
Thank you to the organisers of the Munin conference for the invitation!
Other links
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- James on twitter (www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
- Everything Hertz on twitter (www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
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Music credits: Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)
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Episode citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, December 7) "121: Transparent peer review", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/S2948