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July 13, 2006

Nature Peer Review Trial and Debate

Nature is trialing a new form of open peer review for authors who submit papers to the journal. The trial is optional. Participating authors allow Nature to post their manuscript publicly. According to Nature, “scientists may then post comments, provided they identify themselves. Once the usual confidential peer review process is complete, the public 'open peer review' process will be closed. Editors will then read all comments on the manuscript and invite authors to respond. At the end of the process, as part of the trial, editors will assess the value of the public comments.”
More information about the trial is available here.
Also of interest, Nature is hosting a web debate about peer review. Read the 22 commissioned articles or post your own comments the topic.

Posted by erushton at July 13, 2006 01:28 PM