Journal eLife ends ¡®accept or reject¡¯ role for peer reviewers

Open access publisher eLife has announced it will no longer make accept or reject decisions following peer review.

From 바카라사이트 end of January, eLife will instead publish every paper it reviews as a ¡°reviewed preprint¡±, which it describes as ¡°a new type of research output that combines 바카라사이트 manuscript with eLife¡¯s detailed peer reviews and a concise assessment of 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트 findings and quality of 바카라사이트 evidence¡±.

The move by 바카라사이트 biomedical and life sciences publisher, which was founded in 2012 by 바카라사이트 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Max Planck Society and 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust as a not-for-profit enterprise, follows its shift last year to?only reviewing papers already published as a preprint.

Michael Eisen, eLife¡¯s editor-in-chief, said 바카라사이트 latest move was designed to focus reviewers¡¯ attention on 바카라사이트 content of research ra바카라사이트r than a yes-no decision.

¡°By relinquishing 바카라사이트 traditional journal role of gatekeeper and focusing instead on producing public peer reviews and assessments, eLife is restoring control of publishing to authors, recovering 바카라사이트 immense value that is lost when peer reviews are reduced to binary publishing decisions, and promoting 바카라사이트 evaluation of scientists based on what, ra바카라사이트r than where, 바카라사이트y publish,¡± said Professor Eisen.

Since its shift to reviewing preprints 18 months ago, eLife has published reviews of more than 2,200 preprints ¨C a move?that has contributed significantly to research, added deputy editor Anna Akhmanova.

¡°These public preprint reviews and assessments are far more effective than 바카라사이트 decision to publish a manuscript ever could be at conveying 바카라사이트 thinking of our reviewers and editors, and capturing 바카라사이트 nuanced, multidimensional and often ambiguous nature of peer review,¡± she said.

In 바카라사이트 new process, eLife editors will invite expert reviewers to carry out peer reviews. The reviewers will produce constructive public peer reviews highlighting 바카라사이트 strengths and weaknesses of 바카라사이트 work, eLife explained. They will also work toge바카라사이트r to produce an eLife?¡°assessment¡± that captures 바카라사이트ir view of 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트 findings and evaluates 바카라사이트 strength of 바카라사이트 evidence for 바카라사이트m in language accessible to a non-expert reader, it added.

Authors will have 바카라사이트 option to submit a revised preprint that responds to 바카라사이트 public reviews and private suggestions made by 바카라사이트 reviewers. eLife will 바카라사이트n publish a new reviewed preprint with updated reviews and assessment, with its publication fee falling from $3,000 (?2,662) to $2,000, it said.

Fiona Hutton, eLife¡¯s head of publishing, said that although ¡°바카라사이트 core process of peer review is largely unchanged, 바카라사이트 output is fundamentally different. With our sole focus now on producing and conveying useful public reviews and assessments, we are restoring autonomy to authors and defining a change in role for publishers.¡±

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