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Report from the Peer Review Workgroup
Author(s) -
Bev Acreman,
Peter Berkery,
Caroline Black,
Chis Bourg,
Becky Brasington Clark,
Angela Cochran,
Kevin Davies,
Rachel Dresbeck,
Catriona J. MacCallum,
Paul Peters,
Bobby Schnabel,
Francisco Valdés Ugalde
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
open scholarship initiative proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2473-6236
DOI - 10.13021/g8k30x
Subject(s) - workgroup , openness to experience , incentive , preprint , context (archaeology) , public relations , peer review , publishing , transparency (behavior) , technical peer review , political science , internet privacy , computer science , psychology , world wide web , social psychology , computer security , economics , computer network , paleontology , law , biology , microeconomics
The OSI2016 Peer Review workgroup focused on peer review in the context of open scholar­ship. The group agreed that greater openness and transparency would improve accounta­bility, minimize bias, and encourage collaboration, but did not underestimate the challenges of openness, nor the variation in readiness across disciplines and publishing mod­els. The group recommended facilitation of peer review outside the traditional publication process—for example, in the context of preprint servers and after publication—with incen­tives for broad participation. These incentives need to include a cultural shift in recognition of peer review as a valid activity contributing to career progression.OSI2016 Workgroup QuestionManaging the peer review process is one of the major attractions and benefits of the current publisher-driven publishing environment. Would it be possible to maintain peer review in different system — perhaps one where peer review happens at the institutional level, or in an online-review environment? How? What is really needed from peer review, what are the reform options (and what do we already know about the options that have been tried)?

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