peer review
Can we enable a more deliberate process during literature reviews for researchers to leave some mark of assessment of papers that they read, if not in full, then at least of the facets that they considered for their own research? When I read a book on my Kindle, I have the option to highlight passages and make private notes. I also have the option ... See more
Arthur J. Boston • Open Peer Review Will Be A Thing
Whether a paper has undergone peer-review evolves from a question with a binary yes/no answer into an invitation to understand what aspects of a paper have been reviewed, exactly.
Arthur J. Boston • Open Peer Review Will Be A Thing
It is deficient to think that open peer-review—with the novel twist of being made available for public consumption—must recreate the review style that takes place in traditional journals. There’s no reason that peer review must always require reviewers to assess every aspect of a paper
Arthur J. Boston • Open Peer Review Will Be A Thing
Once we recognize open peer-review is not structurally or inherently at war with closed peer-review, but is rather a complementary activity, we may also understand the two as existing on a spectrum of review-shaped activities. Closed peer-review is not one thing. And so neither should open peer-review recreate the imagined/conceptualized monolithic... See more
Arthur J. Boston • Open Peer Review Will Be A Thing
You can curate and assess science without an editor.
Seemay Chou • Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough
substance, significance, clarity, constructiveness, and relevance
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UNESCO Science Report: the Race Against Time for Smarter Development - FACTSHEET
Global trends from 2014-2019 reveal uneven growth in research spending, rising researcher numbers (notably women), expanding publication output, and emerging focus on health, technology, and sustainability sciences, dominated by G20 countries.
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