Meeting report: Visions and versions and the future of peer review | Inside eLife | eLife

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-02-26

Summary:

"The F1000 platform is also being used by funders (WellcomeGates and others), which will no doubt boost the general level of comfort with this approach. Two key questions are whether single monolithic platforms are better suited to research communication than a more distributed system of interoperable services and whether the foundational infrastructure supporting research communication should itself be open (unlike the technology underpinning F1000)....

"For the research community, the strongest message I sensed was enthusiasm for early-career researchers to review preprints and share their critiques with the authors. If that takes hold, a massive community of talented reviewers could emerge habituated in the open sharing of their opinions and ideas – a tantalising prospect for those who hope for a more transparent and collaborative scientific culture...."

Link:

https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/8a02187d/meeting-report-visions-and-versions-and-the-future-of-peer-review

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oa.new oa.platforms oa.infrastructure oa.floss oa.ecr oa.preprints oa.f1000research oa.versions

Date tagged:

02/26/2018, 10:01

Date published:

02/26/2018, 05:01