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== Open review journals ==
== Open review journals ==
* BMJ Open - provides reviewer names since 1999 [http://www.bmj.com/content/318/7175/4]
* BMJ - provides reviewer names since 1999 [http://www.bmj.com/content/318/7175/4]
* BioMed Central medical journals provide named reviews since 2000 [http://www.biomedcentral.com/authors/authorfaq/medical]
* BioMed Central medical journals provide named reviews since 2000 [http://www.biomedcentral.com/authors/authorfaq/medical]
* Biology Direct, launched in 2006, has a fully open peer review process [http://www.biologydirect.com/content/1/1/1]
* Biology Direct, launched in 2006, has a fully open peer review process [http://www.biologydirect.com/content/1/1/1]
* Frontiers review journals, improved their review process in 2007 [http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_04_09/caredit.a1300068] disclosing reviewer names, adding their comments to the review, and introducing a moderated post-publication community review [http://www.frontiersin.org/about/reviewsystem]
* Frontiers review journals, improved their review process in 2007 [http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_04_09/caredit.a1300068] disclosing reviewer names, adding their comments to the review, and introducing a moderated post-publication community review [http://www.frontiersin.org/about/reviewsystem]
* EMBO J started publishing review material in 2009 for authors who opt in [http://emboj.embopress.org/about#Review_Process]
* BMJ Open adds reviews to the previously published author names in 2011 [http://bmjopen.bmj.com/site/about/guidelines.xhtml#peer]
* eLife, created in 2012, publishes the decision letter and responses if authors opt [http://bmjopen.bmj.com/site/about/guidelines.xhtml#peer]
* F1000Research, created in 2012, is the 1st journal to use open post-publication review [http://f1000research.com/about]


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 09:42, 5 November 2014

In open peer review valuable feedback and discussion generated during the peer review process of a scientific article is disclosed to the public rather than trashed, as is still unfortunately the norm.

Open review journals

  • BMJ - provides reviewer names since 1999 [1]
  • BioMed Central medical journals provide named reviews since 2000 [2]
  • Biology Direct, launched in 2006, has a fully open peer review process [3]
  • Frontiers review journals, improved their review process in 2007 [4] disclosing reviewer names, adding their comments to the review, and introducing a moderated post-publication community review [5]
  • EMBO J started publishing review material in 2009 for authors who opt in [6]
  • BMJ Open adds reviews to the previously published author names in 2011 [7]
  • eLife, created in 2012, publishes the decision letter and responses if authors opt [8]
  • F1000Research, created in 2012, is the 1st journal to use open post-publication review [9]

See also

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