New dataset offers unique insights into peer review

"Researchers can now apply to study the anonymized manuscript metadata of 2,000+ Elsevier journals.... According to Bahar, this is the first time a publisher has taken the step of sharing manuscript and peer review data for research purposes. When the PEERE working group was active from 2015 to 2018, Elsevier, along with publishers Wiley, Springer Nature and the Royal Society, amalgamated a selection of their peer review data for use within the working group, Bahar explains. “But no publisher has made this kind of data so openly accessible before.” ..."