Recommendations for accelerating open preprint peer review to improve the culture of science
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Abstract
Peer review is an important part of the scientific process, but
traditional peer review at journals is coming under increased scrutiny
for its inefficiency and lack of transparency. As preprints become more
widely used and accepted, they raise the possibility of rethinking the
peer-review process. Preprints are enabling new forms of peer review
that have the potential to be more thorough, inclusive, and collegial
than traditional journal peer review, and to thus fundamentally shift
the culture of peer review toward constructive collaboration. In this
Consensus View, we make a call to action to stakeholders in the
community to accelerate the growing momentum of preprint sharing and
provide recommendations to empower researchers to provide open and
constructive peer review for preprints.
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