Regarding peer review, I believe that it really does not matter what kind of peer or editorial review is used in a journal. What matters is that whatever system is used provides a fair assessment, appropriate degree of rigor, careful selection of reviewrs/editors, and sufficient degree of thoroughness in evaluating the reviewer's comments and author's responses. If those things are done, the editor will protect the author from militant reviewers, the reviewers will protect the editor from publishing problematic papers, and the reviewers, editors and authors will all be protected from retaliation by the other two groups.
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Lonnie Aarssen <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ecolog, > > Announcing a new model for open peer review - launching soon from Queen's > University: > > Science Open Reviewed: An online community connecting authors with > reviewers for journals< > http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/IEE/article/view/4475/4524>. > > science-open-reviewed.com<http://science-open-reviewed.com/> provides > AUTHORS with: > > * a personal page for posting titles/abstracts of papers that authors > wish to have peer reviewed; > > * a registry listing of available reviewers for authors to contact to > negotiate a review; > > * liaison for arranging any negotiated reviewer remuneration, to > ensure that reviews are well executed and timely; > > * registration of their peer-reviewed papers (and their reviews), > ready for perusal by journal editors; > > * optional publication of their registered peer-reviewed papers-for a > nominal author fee of $100 (waived for 2013)-in Proceedings of Science Open > Reviewed<http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/ProcSciOR/>. > > science-open-reviewed.com<http://science-open-reviewed.com/> provides > REVIEWERS with: > > * a personal page for advertising their reviewing services; > > * a reputation economy, by publishing a record of previous reviewing > service; > > * a listing of posted papers available for reviewing, and author > contact information for making an offer to review; > > * liaison for arranging any negotiated remuneration for reviewing - as > fair and motivating compensation for professional service; > > * registration of their reviews linked to registered papers that are > ready for perusal by journal editors; > > * optional and free publication of their peer-reviewed reviewer > commentary/response papers in Proceedings of Science Open Reviewed< > http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/ProcSciOR/>. > > science-open-reviewed.com<http://science-open-reviewed.com/> provides > EDITORS with: > > * a registry listing of peer-reviewed papers-and their reviews-for > which offers can be made to authors for publication in the editors' > journals. > > ________________________________ > Lonnie W. Aarssen > ________________________________ > Professor > Department of Biology > Queen's University > Kingston, ON > Canada, K7L 3N6 > > Editor > Ideas in Ecology and Evolution > http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/IEE > ________________________________ > Campus office: Room 4326, Biosciences Complex > Email: [email protected] > Web: http://post.queensu.ca/~aarssenl/ > Tel: 613-533-6133 > Fax: 613-533-6617 > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry School of Biological Sciences University of Missouri at Kansas City Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
