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:
- Watch the video of this episode on the Everything Hertz YouTube page
- What is transparent peer-review?
- The permanancy of open peer review reports
- CLOCKSS 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
- An update and summary of the 450 movement
- Involving patients/user representatives in the peer review and disemination process
- The GRIM test
- What about the publication of peer review reports for papers that are rejected?
- The mega-analysis paper that Dan and James were co-authors on
- Thank you to the organisers of the Munin conference for the invitation!
Other links
- [Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
- [James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
- [Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
- [Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)
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
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