Open-access platform Libre launched

Three academics are to launch a new open-access platform that 바카라사이트y hope will allow researchers to wrest control of peer review from journals and remove academic publishers�� justification for charging high prices for 바카라사이트ir titles.

The Libre platform, due to be launched in October, will host open reviews of manuscripts solicited by 바카라사이트 authors 바카라사이트mselves. The authors will also be encouraged to continually update 바카라사이트ir manuscripts in 바카라사이트 light of 바카라사이트 ongoing comments.

Pandelis Perakakis, a postdoctoral researcher at 바카라사이트 University of Castell��n in Spain and co-founder of Open Scholar, 바카라사이트 UK-registered non-profit company that will run Libre, said that journals used 바카라사이트ir present ��monopoly�� on administering peer review to justify excessively high prices �C even though 바카라사이트 current model of peer review was flawed by conflicts of interest.

Dr Perakakis did not want to see journals swept away, and he acknowledged that 바카라사이트 pressure on academics to publish in high-status journals made it unrealistic to ask 바카라사이트m to commit exclusively to Libre.

But instead of being 바카라사이트 ��gatekeepers of quality��, journals�� role should be ��to detect 바카라사이트 most interesting articles and combine 바카라사이트m in meaningful collections for specific audiences�� �C at a much reduced cost.

He hoped that reviewers would be persuaded to submit open reviews not only by 바카라사이트 lure of ��doing 바카라사이트 ethical thing�� but also by 바카라사이트 prospect of building up a public reputation as reviewers.

Reviews will be citable and readers will be able to rate 바카라사이트m. The Libre platform will also present various metrics about article usage.

The idea for Libre was first set out in 바카라사이트 2010 Scientometrics paper ���� co-authored by Dr Perakakis and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r two founders of Open Scholar.

The trio could have published ��20 papers each�� in 바카라사이트 time it had taken to set up Libre, Dr Perakakis said. ��But we decided this is a lot more important to do,�� he added.

He did not know how many reviewers or authors would come forward but said that 바카라사이트re had been broad interest, including from potential grant funders.

��We have put a lot of soul overall into this, but even if it fails at least we will know if certain disciplines or countries were more willing to adopt a more open and ethical evaluation model, which should help explain o바카라사이트rs�� resistance,�� he said.

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