SAGE, Publons and the Love-in Between Publishers and Start-ups | The Scholarly Kitchen

"Last month, SAGE announced that it has taken a minority investment in Publons, a start-up that collects and validates peer reviews to help researchers gain credit for them. I interviewed Publons co-founder Andrew Preston and SAGE Deputy Executive Chairman  David McCune after the deal was announced, and I’ve published the transcript of that interview here. It answers some background questions about how Publons works, addresses some general concerns about opening up reviews, and touches on the use of firewall and NDAs between SAGE and Publons to protect confidential publisher information. Here in the Kitchen, though, I’m sharing broader thoughts and conjecture about why deals like this get done ..."