Open Peer Review at Four STEM Journals: An Observational Overview [version 2; referees: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Authors

Emily Ford, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

F1000Research

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Subjects

Peer review, Communication in learning and scholarship, Scholarly publishing -- Technological innovations, Scholarly communication

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.

Rights

© 2015 Ford E.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

Article is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6005.2

DOI

10.12688/f1000research.6005.2

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17149

Citation Details

Ford E. Open peer review at four STEM journals: an observational overview [version 2; referees: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]. F1000Research 2015, 4:6.