Publishing peer review materials [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

Publishing peer review materials alongside research articles promises to make the peer review process more transparent as well as making it easier to recognise these contributions and give credit to peer reviewers. Traditionally, the peer review reports, editors letters and author responses are only...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Beck, Kathryn Funk, Melissa Harrison, Jo McEntyre, Josie Breen, Andy Collings, Paul Donohoe, Michael Evans, Louisa Flintoft, Audrey Hamelers, Phil Hurst, Thomas Lemberger, Jennifer Lin, Niamh O'Connor, Michael Parkin, Sam Parker, Peter Rodgers, Magdalena Skipper, Michael Stoner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2018-10-01
Series:F1000Research
Online Access:https://f1000research.com/articles/7-1655/v1
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Summary:Publishing peer review materials alongside research articles promises to make the peer review process more transparent as well as making it easier to recognise these contributions and give credit to peer reviewers. Traditionally, the peer review reports, editors letters and author responses are only shared between the small number of people in those roles prior to publication, but there is a growing interest in making some or all of these materials available. A small number of journals have been publishing peer review materials for some time, others have begun this practice more recently, and significantly more are now considering how they might begin. This article outlines the outcomes from a recent workshop among journals with experience in publishing peer review materials, in which the specific operation of these workflows, and the challenges, were discussed. Here, we provide a draft as to how to represent these materials in the JATS and Crossref data models to facilitate the coordination and discoverability of peer review materials, and seek feedback on these initial recommendations.
ISSN:2046-1402