Post-publication peer review, in all its guises, is here to stay

Over the past few years there has been a rise in the use of post-publication peer review (PPPR) to complement pre-publication review and improve existing and future research published in the scientific literature. PPPR is not a new concept; post-publication evaluation and discussion of research has always happened organically through written or spoken dialogue. It is a cornerstone of the practice of science and it is how the extensive knowledge base we have today has been built up over time. However, with a greater volume of research now being undertaken and scientific dissemination becoming more digitised, the discussion and evaluation of science has started to migrate from private forums to the Internet, a universal platform where scientists can quickly make their thoughts on specific papers more widely available to a much broader audience